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Late Bishop Robert Patrick Ellison. Credit: Gambia Pastoral Institute

Bishop Emeritus of Gambia’s Banjul Diocese Eulogized for “gentle way of doing things”

Feb 22, 2024

Tributes are pouring in for Bishop Robert Patrick Ellison, the Irish-born Bishop Emeritus of Gambia’s Banjul Diocese, who passed on at 82, with some remembering him for his “gentle way of doing things”.

Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in The Gambia's Banjul Diocese.

All Saints Day to Mark Resumption of Public Mass, Liturgies in The Gambia

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All Saints Day, Sunday, November 1 is expected to mark the resumption of public Mass and other liturgical celebrations in The Gambia, the Bishop of the only Catholic Diocese in the West African nation announced.

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