René-Marie Ehuzu

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René-Marie Ehuzu CIM , also René-Marie Ehouzou , (born April 12, 1944 in Cotonou , Benin ; † October 17, 2012 in San Giovanni Rotondo , Italy ) was a Beninese Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Porto-Novo .

Life

René-Marie Ehuzu attended the Minor Seminary from 1955 and the Minor Seminary Ste Jeanne d'Arc in Ouidah from 1959 . In 1966 he entered the St Gall Seminary in Ouidah. He received on 30 September 1972 by Bishop of Lokossa , Robert Sastre , the ordination . He was a teacher at the Minor Seminary in Ouidah (1972/74), pastor (1974/75) and professor at the Séminaire Notre Dame de Fatima in Parakou .

In 1979 he joined the Congregation of Jesus and Mary . He studied linguistics and was at the Paris Sorbonne University (Docteur en Sciences of Religions) and the Institut Catholique de Paris (s Docteur Théologie, Spécialité liturgy) PhD . He made his profession on November 10, 1984 . He was professor at the seminary in Ouidah, pastor, chaplain and prison pastor as well as treasurer of the seminary and pastor of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde de Cotonou .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Abomey on November 19, 2002 . The Pope personally donated his episcopal ordination on January 6 of the following year; Co-consecrators were Leonardo Sandri , substitute for the State Secretariat , and Antonio Maria Vegliò , Secretary of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches .

On January 3, 2007 he was welcomed by Pope Benedict XVI. appointed Bishop of Porto-Novo and appointed to office on February 4th of the same year.

He was a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue since 2007 . He was a member of the Bishops 'Conference of Benin and was involved in the symposium of the Bishops' Conferences of Africa and Madagascar . He was President of Caritas Benin . In 2009 he was a participant in the African Synod of Bishops. He was the host of Pope Benedict XVI. during his apostolic trip from November 18 to 20, 2011 in Benin.

Ehuzu died after a long illness. He was receiving intensive treatment in a French hospital, later in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Biographie de Mgr René Marie EHOUZOU , Caritas Benin, accessed on October 19, 2012 (French)
  2. ↑ ““ On the horizon of the African continent and on the horizon of the world one is waiting for your missionary commitment! Journey out into the missionary ocean, "said Cardinal Dias at the inauguration of the new Bishop of Porto Novo" , agenzia fides, June 2nd, 2007
  3. ^ "Carnet noir pour l'Eglise catholique au Bénin: L'Evêque René Marie EHUZU est décédé" , 7.au Bénin, October 17, 2012 (French)
predecessor Office successor
Lucien Monsi-Agboka Bishop of Abomey
2002–2007 		Eugène Cyrille Houndecon
Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton Bishop of Porto-Novo
2007–2012 		Aristide Gonsallo
personal data
SURNAME Ehuzu, René-Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ehouzou, René-Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Beninese clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Porto-Novo
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Cotonou , Benin
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 2012
Place of death San Giovanni Rotondo , Italy