Joseph Dao

Joseph Dao ( born June 8, 1936 in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, † October 23, 2011 in Bamako, Mali ) was a Malian minister and Roman Catholic Bishop of Kayes.

Life

Joseph Dao received on 26 June 1965, and was ordained priest incardinated in the Diocese of Ségou. Pope John Paul I appointed him on 12 September 1978 Bishop of Kayes. The Archbishop of Bamako, Luc Auguste Sangare, donated to him on 27 January of the next year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were Jean -Baptiste Maria Cissé, Bishop of Sikasso, and Anselme Sanon Titianma, Bishop of Bobo-Dioulasso.

In the Episcopal Conference of Mali ( Conférence Episcopale du Mali ), he was dean of the bishops of Mali and Chairman of the Commission for Catechesis and chairman of the Commission for the mass media. On June 11, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI. be age-related resignation to.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kayes Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako Holy orders Roman Catholic Diocese of Sikasso Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso White Fathers
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