Bishop Richard Baawobr MAfr to be Cardinal

Bishop Richard Baawobr MAfr, presently Bishop of Wa, has been named by His Holiness Pope Francis to be created Cardinal at the next Consistory. Bishop Richard, born 1959 in Ghana has worked as a missionary in DRCongo and France. He served 6 years as First Councillor, then 6 years as Superior General of the Missionaries of Africa in Rome before being appointed Bishop of Wa in Upper East Ghana.