CENTENARY OF EVANGELIZATION IN BURKINA FASO

VATICAN CITY, JAN 13, 2001 (VIS) - Made public today was a letter from the Holy Father in which he names Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, dean of the College of Cardinals, as special envoy to the closing celebrations for the centenary of evangelization in Burkina Faso. The event will take place in Ouagadougou on January 21.

Cardinal Gantin will be accompanied by Frs. Laurent Nare, director of the department for Catholic education of the diocese of Koupela; Alexandre Bazie of the diocesan clergy of Koudougou, rector of the major seminary of Koumi and Godefroy Sankara, official of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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