Lucas Abadamloora
Lucas Abadamloora (born December 22, 1938 in Chiana near Navrongo , Ghana ; † December 23, 2009 in Bolgatanga , Ghana) was a Ghanaian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Bolgatanga .
Life
Lucas Abadamloora, the eldest of seven children in a farming family, attended St. Paul's School in Navrongo from 1948, and then St. Mary's Middle School. From 1956 to 1962 he attended St. Charles Borromeo's Minor Seminary in Tamale and the Government Secondary School. From 1962 to 1968 he studied at the St. Victor Seminary in Tamale. After graduating as Dr. theol. he was ordained a priest on August 3, 1968 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga in 1994 . The episcopal ordination donated him on 29 June 1994 Archbishop André Pierre Louis Dupuy , Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Tamale and later Cardinal , Peter Poreku Dery , and his predecessor Rudolph A. Akanlu .
Abadamloora was particularly committed to HIV / AIDS prevention and education. He was significantly supported by the Catholic Relief Services . Personally friends with the Imam of Bolgatanga, he was committed to a Christian-Muslim friendship. Bishop Abadamloora had lively contact with the diocese of Münster and was a guest at the inauguration of Würzburg Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann .
Lucas Abadamloora was the successor to Peter Cardinal Turkson since 2004 as President of the Episcopal Conference in Ghana. He died at the age of 71 in the episcopate.
Web links
- Entry for Lucas Abadamloora on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Vatican Radio: Report by Mons. Lucas ABADAMLOORA, Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga (English)
- Vatican Radio: Intervention of Mons. Lucas ABADAMLOORA, Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Most Rev. Lucas Abadamloora passes away ( Memento from September 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ “Bishops from Ghana impressed by diocese day” , Diocese of Münster, July 6, 2005
- ^ "On the inauguration of Bishop Dr. Friedhelm Hofmann "
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Rudolph A. Akanlu |
Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga 1994–2009 |
Alfred Agyenta |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abadamloora, Lucas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ghanaian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Bolgatanga |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chiana near Navrongo , Ghana |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 2009 |
| Place of death | Bolgatanga , Ghana |