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Born: 17 July 1956 [Kamina, Congo Dem. Rep. ]
Ordained Priest: 05 September 1982 [Luebo, Congo Dem. Rep.]
Ordained Archbishop: 01 May 2008
Present Position: Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana


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A STATEMENT BY THE GHANA CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE ON THE DOCTORS’ STRIKE

  A STATEMENT BY THE GHANA CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE ON THE DOCTORS’ STRIKE We, the members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, have observed with great concern the current strike by the medical doctors and its consequences on the lives of Ghanaians. We indeed appreciate the many hours of work that our doctors do every week and we thank them for the lives that they save on a daily basis. We believe that, like all other workers, they should receive remuneration commensurate with their work. However, we also believe that what constitutes remuneration commensurate with the work of the doctors in our country is something that should be determined through negotiations, taking into account the labour laws of the country. We are therefore appealing to the executive of the Ghana Medical Association to continue the negotiations with the Government until a mutually satisfactory solution has been found. If it will ...

Ghanaian Priest at the Vatican passes away

By: Dan Dzide
Rev. Msgr. Blaise Zubuor, 55, is no more. He died in Rome on June 11th, 2011 after a short illness. Until his death Msgr. Blaise, as he was popularly known, was the Vatican Official in the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in charge of the Church in Tanzania, South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland.He was also responsible for matters concerning Inter-religious Dialogue in the Congregation. He has worked at the Vatican for 16 years. The casket containing his mortal remains was flown from Rome accompanied by Rev. Msgr. L. Sangu, a Vatican Official in the same Congregation. His body was received at the airport by the Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, H.E. Most Rev. Leon B. Kalenga, Most Rev. Philip Naameh, the Archbishop of Tamale, Rev. Fr. Nicholas Afriyie, Secretary General of the National Catholic Secretariat and other sympathizers. Msgr. Zubuor was born on the 15th of ...