He succeeds as secretary Archbishop Marcello Zago, a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, who died March 1.
Robert Sarah was born in Ourous in 1945 and ordained a priest in July 1969. He was ordained a bishop in December 1979.
New Secretary for Evangelization of Peoples
CONAKRY, Guinea, OCT. 3, 2001 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II has appointed Archbishop Robert Sarah of Conakry the new secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Fides reports.
