Sikasso, 14 December, 2022 / 8:53 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has appointed the Rector of St. Augustine’s Major Seminary in Bamako, Mali, as the Bishop for the country’s Sikasso Diocese.
The appointment of Mons. Robert Cissé was published by the Holy See Press Office on Wednesday, December 14.
Situated in the Southern region of the landlocked West African nation, Sikasso Diocese has been vacant since the March 2020 transfer of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Tiama to the Diocese of Mopti.
Born in July 1968 in Bamako Archdiocese, the alumnus of St. Augustine's Major Seminary and St. Peter Claver Major Seminary in Koumi, Burkina Faso, where he had his initial Priestly formation in philosophy and theology respectively was ordained a Priest in July 1993 for Sikasso Diocese.
As a Priest, Mons. Cissé has served in various capacities, including Assistant Parish Priest, Parish Priest, head of the Diocesan Commission for Vocations, Laity Chaplain, and lecturer at St. Pius XII Minor Seminary in Bamako.
