An African becomes Superior General of Missionaries of Africa 
Chapter Meeting in general, the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) elected superior general, Father Richard Baawobr. This is the first time an African was elected head of the Company. Father Richard was born in Baawobr Lawra Nandom-Ghana. Entered the Society of Missionaries of Africa, he made his novitiate in Fribourg, 1981-1982. Then he was sent to Totteridge, London, to study theology. He pledged to life in the Company by the missionary oath, December 5, 1986, and was ordained priest in Ko, Ghana July 18, 1987. His first appointment was for Livulu Africa, Diocese of Kinshasa, Congo. He remained there four years. Followed studies in Rome in Scripture; training in Ignatian spirituality in Chatelard, Lyon, France, and an appointment as a member of the team noviciatde Kahangala Tanzania (1996-1999). In 1998, Father Baawobr had participated as a delegate to the General Chapter of Tanzania. Since October 1999 he was responsible for students M. Afr. who made theology at Toulouse. He took a sabbatical in 2002-2003 to continue to work on writing his doctoral thesis in Scripture (which he obtained in November 2004). He was a member of Chapter 2004 as delegate of the Province France and was elected as 1st Assistant General (2004-2010).
Chapter Meeting in general, the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) elected superior general, Father Richard Baawobr. This is the first time an African was elected head of the Company. Father Richard was born in Baawobr Lawra Nandom-Ghana. Entered the Society of Missionaries of Africa, he made his novitiate in Fribourg, 1981-1982. Then he was sent to Totteridge, London, to study theology. He pledged to life in the Company by the missionary oath, December 5, 1986, and was ordained priest in Ko, Ghana July 18, 1987. His first appointment was for Livulu Africa, Diocese of Kinshasa, Congo. He remained there four years. Followed studies in Rome in Scripture; training in Ignatian spirituality in Chatelard, Lyon, France, and an appointment as a member of the team noviciatde Kahangala Tanzania (1996-1999). In 1998, Father Baawobr had participated as a delegate to the General Chapter of Tanzania. Since October 1999 he was responsible for students M. Afr. who made theology at Toulouse. He took a sabbatical in 2002-2003 to continue to work on writing his doctoral thesis in Scripture (which he obtained in November 2004). He was a member of Chapter 2004 as delegate of the Province France and was elected as 1st Assistant General (2004-2010). 
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