Akufo-Addo to attend funeral of late Cardinal Baawobr - Adomonline.com

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to attend the funeral rites of His Eminence Richard Cardinal Kuuia Baawobr, M.AFR, scheduled to commence on Wednesday, January 11.

According to the itinerary, President Akufo-Addo would address the funeral on Thursday before the mortal remains of the Cardinal are interred at the St.

There would be a requiem mass at 1000 hours on Thursday, followed by tributes from the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, the family, and Missionaries of Africa, to which the late Cardinal belonged.

Henryk Mieczyslaw Jagodznski, the Apostolic Nuncio of Ghana, would all pay tributes.

Well-wishers at the funeral would also be allowed to file past to pay their last respect.

His Eminence Richard Cardinal Kuuia Baawobr, M.AFR was the Bishop of Wa before he was nominated by Pope Francis as a Cardinal among 21 Catholic Priests on 29th May 2022

He was elected the President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) on July 30, the eve of the Eucharistic celebration to mark the conclusion of the 19th Plenary Assembly of SECAM in Accra