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The Catholic Church’s role in promoting formal education and healthcare in Equatorial Guinea was one of the topics discussed during the June 28 meeting between Pope Leo XIV and the President of the Central African nation, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Bishop Juan Matogo Oyan from the pastoral care of the Catholic Diocese of Bata in Equatorial Guinea.
In Equatorial Guinea, the name of José Si Esono is synonymous with the country’s first evangelization.
Members of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) in Equatorial Guinea are offering formal education and other “skills for stable employment” to young mothers in the Central African nation.
The U.S.-based development arm of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), Salesian Missions, has facilitated clean water supply to hundreds in a Salesian Parish in the town of Beayop in Equatorial Guinea’s Ebebeyín Diocese.