Joanny Thévenoud
Joanny Thévenoud (born March 14, 1878 in Serrières-en-Chautagne , † September 16, 1949 in Ouagadougou , Upper Volta , today Burkina Faso ) was a French Roman Catholic bishop , missionary and apostolic vicar in Ouagadougou .
After joining the Roman Catholic Order of the White Fathers ( Pères Blancs ), he was ordained a priest on June 28, 1903. Shortly thereafter, he moved to the French colony of Upper Volta in West Africa , where he stayed until his death. From July 8, 1921 until his death he was Vicar Apostolic of Ouagadougou and Titular Bishop of Sitifis . Archbishop Dominique Castellan donated Thévenoud his episcopal ordination on May 1, 1922.
He founded a Catechists, the seminary of Pabré and was involved in the founding of the Seminary of Koumi involved. On his initiative, the cathedral of Ouagadougou was built
In 1938 Thévenoud published Dans la boucle du Niger .
literature
- Paul Pauliat: Joanny Thévenoud (1878-1949) . In: Gabriel Massa, Yénouyaba Georges Madiéga: La Haute-Volta coloniale . Kathala, Paris 1995
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thévenoud, Joanny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Roman Catholic clergyman, missionary and apostolic vicar in Ouagadougou |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Serrières-en-Chautagne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1949 |
| Place of death | Ouagadougou |