Michael Kpakala Francis

Michael Kpakala Francis ( born February 12, 1936 in Kakata, † May 19, 2013 in Monrovia ) was Archbishop of Monrovia.

Life

Michael Kpakala Francis received on August 15, 1962, the diaconate, and on January 6, 1968, the ordination. Pope Paul VI. appointed him on 28 October 1976 for the Apostolic Vicar of Monrovia and Titular Bishop of Ausuccura.

He received his episcopal consecration of the Apostolic Pro- Nuncio to Liberia, Francis Carroll, SMA, on 19 December of the same year; Co-consecrators were Joseph Henry Ganda, Bishop of Kenema, and Boniface Nyema Dalieh, Vicar Apostolic of Cape Palmas.

John Paul II elevated December 19, 1981, the Apostolic Vicariate of the Archdiocese and thus he became the first Archbishop of Monrovia. 12 February 2011, Pope Benedict XVI. its age-related resignation.