Niamey, 24 November, 2023 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
Bishop Guy Armand Romano, the Bishop emeritus of Niamey Archdiocese in Niger who passed on in France on Thursday, November 23 has been eulogized as a “a tireless pastor, totally devoted to the mission.”
The member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists - CSsR), who had started his Episcopal Ministry in September 1984 resigned in January 2003 due to poor health.
He passed on in Paris, France, at the age of 86.
In the statement issued Friday, November 24, Archbishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo of Niger’s Niamey Archdiocese offers his “sincere condolences to his biological family, his religious family, and to all those who knew him.”
Archbishop Lompo says the funeral of the late Bishop “will take place in Arc-en-Barrois on November 30, 2023 at 3 pm.”