Jean Rigalle Elysee

Jean Rigalle Elysée (born September 26, 1927 in Léogâne , Haiti ; † September 20, 2017 in Livingston (New Jersey) ) was a Haitian Anglican clergyman .

Life

Elysée was the son of Joseph Elisee and Melicia LaBorde, he was the oldest of twelve children. He received his Master of Divinity from the former Philadelphia Divinity School in Philadelphia, United States. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Haiti . He was then sent to Monrovia, Liberia, as a missionary by the Society for Home and Foreign Missions .

Elysée was Timothy Olufosoye's successor from 1971 , and on June 12, 1980 he was appointed Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas Province in West Africa as a missionary of the Episcopal Church and the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG) in London . During his tenure on August 1, 1985, the Diocese of Gambia and the Rio Pongas was split off into the Diocese of Guinea . Thomas Will Makole became the first bishop of the Diocese of Guinea. Elysée was Bishop of Gambia until 1990, and was succeeded by Solomon Tilewa Johnson . In 1986, Bishop Elisee came to the United States and served for several years under the Episcopal Diocese of New York and Newark as a supply bishop, helping with confirmations until his retirement.

Jean Rigalle Elysée died in 2017 at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Mohamed Saliou Camara, Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker: Historical Dictionary of Guinea . Scarecrow Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-7969-0 , pp. 29 ( books.google.de ).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Obituary of The Right Reverend Jean Rigal Elisee - Jacob A Holle Funeral Home. In: jacobhollefuneralhome.com. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (American English).

predecessor	Office	successor
Timothy Olufosoye	Bishop of Gambia 1971–1990	Solomon Tilewa Johnson

personal data
SURNAME	Elysee, Jean Rigalle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Elysee, Jean Rigalle; Elysée, Jean; Elisee, Jean Rigal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Haitian Anglican bishop
DATE OF BIRTH	September 26, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Léogâne , Haiti
DATE OF DEATH	20th September 2017
Place of death	Livingston, New Jersey

[Historical_Dictionary_of_Guinea-1] A ^b Mohamed Saliou Camara, Thomas O'Toole, Janice E. Baker: Historical Dictionary of Guinea . Scarecrow Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-7969-0 , pp. 29 ( books.google.de ).

[jacobhollefuneralhome-2] Obituary of The Right Reverend Jean Rigal Elisee - Jacob A Holle Funeral Home. In: jacobhollefuneralhome.com. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (American English).