Cardinal Bawopur, bishop of Ganava, died in Rome on November 27 at the age of 63. The Pope sent a message of condolence to the Embassy of the Holy See in Ghana expressing his condolences.
(Vatican News Network)Cardinal Bawopur, bishop of Ganava, died in Rome on the evening of November 27 at the age of 63 for health reasons. In a message of condolences, Pope Francis praised Cardinal Bawopur as a “wise and tender pastor” who “served generously for the Church in Ghana, especially for those most in need”. The pope made him a cardinal in the last conclave on August 27, but he was absent from the ceremony because he was hospitalized in Rome.
In a message of condolences to the Holy See’s embassy in Ghana, the pope said he was “deeply saddened to learn of the cardinal’s death, and expresses his condolences to the family of the late cardinal, to the members of the African Mission Society to which he belonged , and to the city of Wa The clergy, religious and laity of the diocese express their condolences”. “I recall with gratitude his faithful testimony of the Gospel, his generous service to the Church of Ghana, especially to the most needy. I join the faithful in prayer, asking our merciful heavenly Father”, wrote the Pope. this wise and meek pastor and welcome him into the light and peace of heaven.” Finally, the Pope imparted his blessing to all those who “witnessed the death of the deceased cardinal with the hope of resurrection”.
Bawopur was born in Ghana on June 21, 1959, joined the African Mission Society in 1981 and was ordained a priest in Ghana on July 18, 1987. He holds a master’s degree in Bible and a doctorate in theology with a major in biblical theology. Bawopur was pastor of a parish in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2010 he was elected president of the African Mission Society, the first African priest to hold this position. In 2016 Bawopur became bishop of Wa. In July 2022, when the 19th General Assembly of the Association of African and Madagascar Bishops was held in Accra, Ghana, Bishop Bawopur was elected president of the association.
Due to the death of Cardinal Bawopur, the number of members of the College of Cardinals is 225, of which 126 cardinals are qualified to elect the Pope, and 99 cardinals are exempt from election because they are over 80 years old.
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