AFRICA/MALI – Appointment of bishop of Sikasso

Vatican City – The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Noël Bernard Coulibaly, of the clergy of the diocese of Sikasso, Mali, until now bursar and coordinator of diocesan Caritas, as bishop of the same diocese.
Msgr. Noël Bernard Coulibaly was born on 17 December 1976 in Niono, in the diocese of Sikasso, Mali. He studied philosophy and obtained a bachelor’s degree in theology at the Saint Augustin Major Seminary in Bamako.
He was ordained a priest on 6 July 2002 for the diocese of Sikasso.
After ordination, he first served as deputy parish priest of Notre Dame de Fatima in Sanzana, diocese of Sikasso ; administrator and parish priest of Notre Dame de Lourdes Cathedral in Sikasso . He was awarded a master’s degree in local development engineering at the Université Catholique de Lyon, and collaborated at the parish of Saint Christophe Lès Annonay in the diocese of Viviers, France . He is currently bursar of the diocese of Sikasso and coordinator of diocesan Caritas .

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