John Moore (bishop of Bauchi)

John Francis Moore SMA ( born January 12, 1942 in Dublin, Ireland, † January 20, 2010 ibid ) was Bishop of Bauchi.

Life

John Francis Moore joined in 1959 the Congregation of the Society of African Missions ( SMA) in Cloughballymore, County Galway, in 1960 and laid profession. From 1960 to 1966 he studied philosophy and theology at the religious seminary in Dromantine, Newry. The vows he took off on 15 June 1965, received on 20 December 1965, the ordination to the priesthood by Bishop Eugene Doherty in St. Colman's Cathedral, Newry.

He was then a missionary in the Archdiocese of Jos in northern Nigeria. He learned the local languages ​​and worked in Akwanga, Kwa, Shendam, Kafanchan, Kwande, Pankshin and Josh. He engaged in particular for the construction of a medical and educational infrastructure. Moore was involved in the founding of the dioceses Kafanchan, Shendam and Bauchi. John Francis Moore, who spoke fluent Hausa and other Nigerian dialects, strove greatly to an understanding with the local Muslims.

Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Bishop of Gigthi 1996 and appointed him Vicar Apostolic of the company founded out of the Archdiocese of Jos Vicariate of Bauchi. He received his episcopal consecration on November 7, 1996, the Archbishop of Jos, Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka; Were co-consecrators Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Jalingo, and Joseph Danlami Bagobiri, Bishop of Kafanchan. With the elevation of the Vicariate to the diocese he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Bauchi.

He died unexpectedly at St. Vincent 's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, where he was on medical examinations.