Maixent Coly

Maixent Coly (September 10, 1949 – August 24, 2010) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ziguinchor, Senegal.

Born in Affiniam, Coly was ordained to the priesthood on December 30, 1980. He was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Ziguinchor Diocese by Pope John Paul II on April 11, 1993 and was consecrated on December 11, 1993 succeeding on October 23, 1995. Bishop Coly died in office in 2010, aged 60, from undisclosed causes.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Profile at Catholic Hierarchy website


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, May 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.