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Richard Baawobr

1959 - 2022

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Richard Kuuia Baawobr, MAfr (21 June 1959 – 27 November 2022) was a Ghanaian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Wa from 2016 until his death in 2022. A member of the Missionaries of Africa (also known as the White Fathers), he worked in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, and Tanzania before being named a bishop in his native country. Pope Francis created him a cardinal on 27 August 2022. Baawobr died just a few months later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Richard Baawobr is the 2,952nd most popular religious figure (down from 2,949th in 2024), the 34th most popular biography from Ghana and the 3rd most popular Ghanaian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Richard Baawobr ranks 2,952 out of 3,187. Before him are John Cody, Ignacio Velasco, Arnulf of Chocques, Solomon Schechter, Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, and Sergio Obeso Rivera. After him are Luigi Ferrando, Epenetus of Carthage, Charles Scicluna, John Ogilvie, Crescens, and Valerian Gracias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Richard Baawobr ranks 382. Before him are Vigdis Hjorth, Jim Kerr, Luis Fernando Suárez, Joe Elliott, Abdelhak Achik, and Holger Hieronymus. After him are Charles Scicluna, Rahm Emanuel, Eric Verdonk, Beth Broderick, Heather Oakes, and Mats Näslund. Among people deceased in 2022, Richard Baawobr ranks 512. Before him are Raffaele La Capria, Shivkumar Sharma, Rex Hartwig, Evert Gunnarsson, Bernhard Germeshausen, and Julee Cruise. After him are Roberto Maroni, Isaac Berger, Kathleen Booth, Georgi Yartsev, Galina Shamrai, and Alfredo Torres.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, Richard Baawobr ranks 34 out of 162. Before him are Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Stephen Appiah (1980), Fred Akuffo (1937), William Boyd (1952), Ibrahim Sunday (1944), and Gerald Asamoah (1978). After him are Felix Nartey (null), Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913), Edward Akufo-Addo (1906), Akwasi Afrifa (1936), Baba Rahman (1994), and Nana (1968).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ghana

Among religious figures born in Ghana, Richard Baawobr ranks 3. Before him are Peter Turkson (1948), and Peter Poreku Dery (1918).

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