Constantin Guirma

Religious Leader

1920 – 2010

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Who was Constantin Guirma?

Constantin Guirma was a Burkinabé prelate of the Roman Catholic Church .

Guirma was born in Kaya, Burkina Faso and was ordained a priest on May 19, 1946. He was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Kaya on June 26, 1969, and ordained bishop on August 1, 1969 by Pope Paul VI in Kampala during his first pontifical visit to Africa. Guirma remained there until his retirement on March 9, 1996. He died after illness on August 6, 2010.

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Born
Feb 5, 1920
Kaya
Religion
  • Catholicism
Died
Aug 6, 2010

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on July 23, 2013

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