Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar

The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar ( SECEAM ), English:. Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM / SCEAM ) is the Continental Association of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and their coordinating body of the Roman Catholic dioceses.

History

The SECAM / SCEAM arose after Vatican II (1962-1965) and was founded in 1968 with the first visit of a Pope in Africa by Pope Paul VI. officially launched in Kampala. The SECEAM belong to the national bishops' conferences, the ten regional episcopal conferences and the meetings of the Catholic dignitaries of the Eastern Rite in Africa. The Secretariat is located in Accra, Ghana.

The current chairman is Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, Archbishop of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania; First Vice - President Francisco João Silota M.Afr. , Bishop of Chimoio in Mozambique, and second vice - president Théodore -Adrien Sarr Cardinal, Archbishop of Dakar in Senegal. Current Secretary General François -Xavier Damiba.

Members of the SECAM / SCEAM

Association of Conférences de l' Afrique Centrale Episcopales ( ACEAC )

Association of Conférences Episcopales de la Région de l' Afrique Centrale ( ACERAC )

Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa ( AECAWA )

Assemblée de La hierarchy Catholique d' Egypte ( AHCE )

Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa ( AMECEA )

Conférence Episcopale Regionale de l' Afrique de l' Ouest Francophone ( CERAO )

Conférence Episcopale Regionale de l' Afrique du Nord ( CERNA )

Inter- Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa ( IMBISA )

Conférence Episcopale de Madagascar (CEM )

Conférence Episcopale de l' Océan Indien ( CEDOI )

Chairman

  • Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, M. Afr. , Archbishop of Ouagadougou (1970-1979)
  • Hyacinthe Cardinal Thiandoum, Archbishop of Dakar (1979-1981)
  • Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, M. Afr. , Archbishop of Ouagadougou (1981-1984)
  • Joseph Albert Cardinal Maloula, Archbishop of Kinshasa (1984-1987)
  • Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka, Bishop of Jos (1987-1990)
  • Christian Cardinal Tumi Wiyghan, Archbishop of Douala (1990-1994)
  • Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka, Archbishop of Jos (1994-1997)
  • Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kisangani (1997-2003)
  • John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja (2003-2007)
  • Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, Archbishop of Dar -es- Salaam (since 2007)
Polycarp Pengo Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic The Gambia Benin Guinea Mali Niger Angola Namibia Mauritius Hyacinthe Thiandoum Joseph Malula John Onaiyekan
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