AFRICA/SENEGAL – Appointment of bishop of Thiès

Vatican City – The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S., until now bishop of Kaolack, as bishop of the diocese of Thiès, Senegal.
Bishop Martin Boucar Tine, S.S.S., was born on 16 September 1966 in Koudiadiène, diocese of Thiès. He received his religious formation in the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament and studied philosophy at the Centre Saint Augustin in Dakar. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he carried out his novitiate in Lonzo and was awarded a bachelor’s degree in theology from the Theologat Saint Eugène de Mazenod in Kinshasa.
He made his perpetual vows on 6 October 1995, and received priestly ordination on 6 July 1996.
After ordination, he first held the roles of parish vicar of Saint-Pierre des Baobabs, archdiocese of Dakar , and head of the Foyer Eymard in Dakar-Liberté . He was awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Faculté Catholique in Kinshasa , and went on to serve as director of the Inter-African Emmaus Scholasticate in Kinshasa , regional superior of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament in Senegal , president of the Conference of Men and Women Religious in Senegal , parish vicar of Saint Joseph de Médina in the archdiocese of Dakar , general counsellor of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament in Rome , head of the Formation Commission of the Sacramentine Fathers in Africa, and first counsellor and vicar general of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament .
He was appointed bishop of Kaolack on 25 July 2018, receiving episcopal ordination the following 24 November.

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