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Episcopal Conference Of Togo
The Episcopal Conference of Togo ( or ''Conférence des évêques du Togo'', CET) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Togo. The CET is a member of the Regional Bishops' Conference of Francophone West Africa and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). List of presidents: *1970–1992: Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron, Archbishop of Lomé *1992–2006: Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro, Archbishop of Lomé *2006–2012: Ambrose Kotamba Djoliba, bishop of Sokodé *2012 – present: Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou. bishop of Kpalimé The official aid organisation of the Togolese Bishops Conference is OCDI Caritas Togo. References External links * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/TG.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/tg.html {{Catholic Church in Togo Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonprofit Organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or social benefit, as opposed to an entity that operates as a business aiming to generate a Profit (accounting), profit for its owners. A nonprofit organization is subject to the non-distribution constraint: any revenues that exceed expenses must be committed to the organization's purpose, not taken by private parties. Depending on the local laws, charities are regularly organized as non-profits. A host of organizations may be non-profit, including some political organizations, schools, hospitals, business associations, churches, foundations, social clubs, and consumer cooperatives. Nonprofit entities may seek approval from governments to be Tax exemption, tax-exempt, and some may also qualify to receive tax-deductible contributions, but an enti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church In Togo
The Catholic Church in Togo is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are approximately 1,483,000 million Catholics representing approximately 25 percent of the total population of 5,968,000. There are seven dioceses, including one archdiocese: *Lomé ** Aného ** Atakpamé ** Dapaong ** Kara ** Kpalimé ** Sokodé History The history of the Catholic Church in Togo began with the evangelization carried out by the missionaries of the Society of African Missions of Lyon starting in 1882; four years later the Togo mission was founded, but its founder, the priest Jeremiah Moran, was poisoned in 1886. In 1892 the mission was entrusted to the Missionaries of the Divine Word, and made an apostolic vicariate in 1914. Because of the First World War, the Verbites, all Germans, were first interned and then expelled from the country. So evangelism passed again, in 1921, to the Fathers of the African missions: in 1930 there wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OCDI Caritas Togo
Caritas Togo, officially the Charity Organisation for Integral Development – Caritas Togo (French: ''Organisation de la charité pour un développement intégral – Caritas Togo'') or simply OCDI Caritas Togo, is a Togolese nonprofit organisation established in 1967. It is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Togo. It is a member of the regional Caritas Africa network and of the worldwide Caritas Internationalis confederation. History The organisation was created in 1967. It was then called ''Caritas Togolaise'' and was responsible for the charitable work of the Church. It coexisted with another Catholic organisation, the ''Bureau de coordination pour le développement'' (Development Coordination Office), which was responsible for community development projects. In July 1987, on the initiative of the Episcopal Conference of Togo, the two organisations merged to become the Organisation of Charity for Integral Development (OCDI), keeping the suffix Caritas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kpalimé
Kpalimé is a city in the Plateaux Region, Togo, Plateaux Region of Togo, 120 km north of Lomé and 15 km from the Ghana–Togo border, border with Ghana. It is the administrative capital of Kloto Prefecture. Kpalimé has a population of 75,084, making it the fourth-biggest town in Togo, after Lomé, Sokodé and Kara, Togo, Kara. The town has a cathedral, a scientific lycée, and a post-office, as well as several banks, medical centres, pharmacies, cyber-cafés and petrol stations. History Pre-colonial period (before 1890) Kpalimé was originally called Agomé-Kpalimé, being one of the villages of the Agomé people. Their origins can probably be traced to Yorubaland in modern Nigeria, and in particular to two cities: Ifè (the religious center) and Oyo, Nigeria, Oyo (the political and administrative center). Migrants gradually moved west, settling in Kétou (Benin), Tado (Togo), and eventually founding the town of Notsé. King Agokoli, who ruled Notsé in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokodé
Sokodé is the List of cities in Togo, second largest city in Togo, with a population of about 189,000. It is a commercial center for the surrounding agricultural areas, and seat of the Tchaoudjo, Tchaoudjo Prefecture and Centrale Region, Togo, Centrale Region. It is in the center of the country, north of Lomé, between the Mo River, Mo and Mono River, Mono rivers. It is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious city, but is dominated by Islam. The ethnic majority are Kotokolis, who live alongside Muslims. History Ancient indigenous stock of the region mixed with more recent migrants of Gurma, from the eastern part of the Niger River, Niger Bend, between Ouagadougou and Niamey, who brought the political system of chiefdoms with them.Barbier Jean-Claude, Klein Bernard, 1995, ''Sokodé, ville multicentrée du Nord-Togo – Petit atlas urbain'', Orstom Editions Added to this structure were Sudanic languages#Scope, Western Sudanic traders and craftsmen (the Mandinka people, Mandinka, fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Kotamba Djoliba
Ambrose of Milan (; 4 April 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promoting Roman Christianity against Arianism and paganism. He left a substantial collection of writings, of which the best known include the ethical commentary ''De officiis ministrorum'' (377–391), and the exegetical (386–390). His preaching, his actions and his literary works, in addition to his innovative musical hymnography, made him one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. Ambrose was serving as the Roman governor of Aemilia-Liguria in Milan when he was unexpectedly made Bishop of Milan in 374 by popular acclamation. As bishop, he took a firm position against Arianism and attempted to mediate the conflict between the emperors Theodosius I and Magnus Maximus. Tradition credits Ambrose with developing an antiphonal chant, known as Ambrosian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro
Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro (30 March 1930 – 9 January 2024) was a Togolese Roman Catholic prelate. He was ordained a priest on 20 December 1959 in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ..., later ordained Bishop of Atakpamé on 2 May 1976. He was born in Tomégbé. He was Archbishop of Lomé between 17 December 1992 and 8 June 2007. Kpodzro was the president of the National Assembly of Togo from 1991 to 1994."Les Anciens Présidents de l'Assemblée Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron on 21 December 1951. He became Archbishop of Lomé on 10 June 1962, a position which he served until his resignation on 13 February 1992.
Robert-Casimir Tonyui Messan Dosseh-Anyron (13 October 1925 – 15 April 2014) was a Togolese Catholic archbishop. He was ordained a priest of Lomé Lomé ( , ) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Togo, largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437 References Togolese Roman Catholic bishops 1925 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symposium Of Episcopal Conferences Of Africa And Madagascar
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar or SECAM () is an agency of the Catholic Church that comprises the bishops of Africa. History The SECAM was born, on the occasion of the Second Vatican Council, to express the will of the African bishops to speak and act together, overcoming the language difference, historical and cultural. The project, submitted to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was approved in 1968. The Symposium was convened for the first time during the visit of Pope Paul VI to Uganda in 1969. Organization SECAM includes a presidential council, a General Secretariat, and special committees: the committee on doctrinal and pastoral, social and legal committee, the Committee on Finance and Administration, the Committee for African Affairs, the union of African collaboration. Presidents # 1969 – Laurean Rugambwa # 1969–1978 – Paul Zoungrana # 1978–1981 – Hyacinthe Thiandoum # 1981–1984 – Paul Zoungrana # 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Conference
An episcopal conference, often also called a bishops’ conference or conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial leadership function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the Second Vatican Council. Their status was confirmed by the Second Vatican Council and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 '' motu proprio'', '' Ecclesiae sanctae''. Episcopal conferences are generally defined by geographic borders, often national ones, with all the bishops in a given country belonging to the same conference, although they may also include neighboring countries. Certain authority and tasks are assigned to episcopal conferences, particularly with regard to setting the liturgical norms for the Mass, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-governmental Organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus on humanitarian or social issues but can also include clubs and associations offering services to members. Some NGOs, like the World Economic Forum, may also act as lobby groups for corporations. Unlike international organizations (IOs), which directly interact with sovereign states and governments, NGOs are independent from them. The term as it is used today was first introduced in Article 71 of the UN Charter, Article 71 of the newly formed United Nations Charter in 1945. While there is no fixed or formal definition for what NGOs are, they are generally defined as nonprofit entities that are independent of governmental influence—although they may receive government funding. According to the United Nations Department of Global Communic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
