Denis Tapsoba

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Denis Martin Tapsoba MAfr (born July 6, 1916 in Ouagadougou , Upper Volta (since 1984 Burkina Faso ); † March 13, 2008 ibid.) Was Roman Catholic Bishop of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso.

Life

Denis Tapsoba joined the order of the White Fathers and was ordained a priest on May 6, 1944 .

In 1966 he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Ouahigouya, a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou in Upper Volta, since 1984 Burkina Faso. He was ordained bishop on October 16, 1966, then President of the Secretariat of Non-Believers, Franz Cardinal König ; Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishop in Vienna Franz Jachym and the auxiliary bishop in Essen Julius Angerhausen .

In 1984, his resignation was granted by John Paul II .

Act

Tapsoba and Bruno Buchwieser junior , President of the Austrian Young Workers Movement and longstanding Consul General of Burkina Faso in Austria, were already committed to relations between Austria and the former Upper Volta in the 1960s.

Together with Father Alain Gayé of the Africa Missionaries (White Fathers), he founded the Congregation of the Sisters of “Notre Dame du Lac Bam” in 1967.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Lateral Relations with Austria" ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , kisbedo, com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kisbedo.com
  2. ↑ "Nine nuns from the congregation" Notre Dame du Lac Bam "made their perpetual vows"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , agenzia fides, June 13, 2006@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fides.org  
predecessor Office successor
Louis-Marie-Joseph Durrieu Bishop of Ouahigouya
1966–1984 		Marius Ouédraogo
personal data
SURNAME Tapsoba, Denis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tapsoba, Denis Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Burkinabe clergyman, Bishop of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2008
Place of death Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso