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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Francis Badji, of the clergy of the diocese of Ziguinchor, until now rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney in Brin, Ziguinchor, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Kolda, Senegal.
Msgr. Joseph Francis Badji was born on 1 January 1966 in Ziguinchor. After studying philosophy at the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney in Brin and theology at the Grand Séminaire François Libermann in Sebikhotane, he was awarded a master’s degree in philosophy from the Université Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (UCAO) in Abidjan.
He was ordained a priest on 28 December 1994.
He has held the following offices: vicar of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires in Kolda (1994-1997), formator and professor of the philosophy cycle of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney in Brin (since 2001), head of the ongoing formation of priests (2011-2016), and rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney in Brin (since 2017). (Agenzia Fides, 10/1/2026)
