Paul Zoungrana was born in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso). He studied at the minor seminary in Pabré and major seminary in Koumi, where he was ordained to the priesthood on May 2, 1942. Zoungrana, one of his country's first three priests, then did pastoral work in his native Ouagadougou until joining the Society of Missionaries of Africa on September 24, 1948, later taking his final vows in 1952 at Rome. From 1948 to 1953, he furthered his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained his doctorate in canon law; and the Catholic Institute of Paris. Zoungrana taught canon law at the seminary of Koumi, whilst again carrying out his pastoral ministry in Ouagadougou, from 1954 to 1959. He then served as Director of the Social Information Center until 19
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| - Paul Zoungrana was born in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso). He studied at the minor seminary in Pabré and major seminary in Koumi, where he was ordained to the priesthood on May 2, 1942. Zoungrana, one of his country's first three priests, then did pastoral work in his native Ouagadougou until joining the Society of Missionaries of Africa on September 24, 1948, later taking his final vows in 1952 at Rome. From 1948 to 1953, he furthered his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained his doctorate in canon law; and the Catholic Institute of Paris. Zoungrana taught canon law at the seminary of Koumi, whilst again carrying out his pastoral ministry in Ouagadougou, from 1954 to 1959. He then served as Director of the Social Information Center until 19
- Paul Zoungrana (Ouagadougou, Frans West-Afrika, (het tegenwoordige Burkina Faso), 3 september 1917 - aldaar, 4 juni 2000) was een Burkinees geestelijke en kardinaal van de rooms-katholieke kerk. Zougrana studeerde filosofie en theologie in Pabré en Rome en sociale wetenschappen aan de Sorbonne in Parijs. Hij werd op 2 mei 1942 tot priester gewijd. Hij werkte vervolgens als pastoor in zijn geboorteland en trad in 1948 toe tot de Sociëteit voor de Afrikaanse Missies. Vervolgens studeerde hij nog enkele jaren in Rome om daarna professor te worden aan het seminarie van Koumi. In die tijd (1959-1960) was hij ook directeur van het centrum voor Sociale Informatievoorziening in Ouagadougou.
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| - Paul Zoungrana (Ouagadougou, Frans West-Afrika, (het tegenwoordige Burkina Faso), 3 september 1917 - aldaar, 4 juni 2000) was een Burkinees geestelijke en kardinaal van de rooms-katholieke kerk. Zougrana studeerde filosofie en theologie in Pabré en Rome en sociale wetenschappen aan de Sorbonne in Parijs. Hij werd op 2 mei 1942 tot priester gewijd. Hij werkte vervolgens als pastoor in zijn geboorteland en trad in 1948 toe tot de Sociëteit voor de Afrikaanse Missies. Vervolgens studeerde hij nog enkele jaren in Rome om daarna professor te worden aan het seminarie van Koumi. In die tijd (1959-1960) was hij ook directeur van het centrum voor Sociale Informatievoorziening in Ouagadougou. Op 5 april 1960 benoemde Paus Johannes XXIII hem tot aartsbisschop van Ouagadougou. Als zodanig nam hij deel aan het Tweede Vaticaans Concilie. Tijdens het consistorie van 22 februari 1965 werd hij door Paus Paulus VI verheven tot kardinaal. De San Camillo de Lellis werd zijn titelkerk. In 1995 ging hij met emeritaat. Zougrana gold als een voorstander van het zoeken van verbinding tussen de tradities van de Afrikaanse cultuur en de riten van de katholieke kerk. Hij nam als kieskardinaal deel aan de conclaven van augustus en oktober 1978. Vooral tijdens dat laatste conclaaf werd hij gezien als aanvoerder van de Derde Wereld-kardinalen.
- Paul Zoungrana was born in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (modern Burkina Faso). He studied at the minor seminary in Pabré and major seminary in Koumi, where he was ordained to the priesthood on May 2, 1942. Zoungrana, one of his country's first three priests, then did pastoral work in his native Ouagadougou until joining the Society of Missionaries of Africa on September 24, 1948, later taking his final vows in 1952 at Rome. From 1948 to 1953, he furthered his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained his doctorate in canon law; and the Catholic Institute of Paris. Zoungrana taught canon law at the seminary of Koumi, whilst again carrying out his pastoral ministry in Ouagadougou, from 1954 to 1959. He then served as Director of the Social Information Center until 1960. On April 8, 1960, Zoungrana was appointed Archbishop of Ouagadougou by Pope John XXIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 8 from Pope John himself, with Bishops Napoléon-Alexandre La Brie and Fulton J. Sheen serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica. Archbishop Zoungrana later attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. With the assistance of Cardinals José Quintero Parra and José Bueno y Monreal, he delivered one of the closing messages of the Council on December 8, 1965. Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal Priest of San Camillo de Lellis in the consistory of February 22, 1965. He was the first cardinal from Upper Volta, and the only one of his religious order. Zoungrana was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively. The Cardinal later served as special papal envoy to the second National Eucharistic Congress and to the closing of the centennial of evangelization in Zaire. From 1980 to 1987, he was a member member of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. Zoungrana encouraged the Africanization of the liturgy, saying that the rituals "represent an African way of thinking and way of life". He also led a protest against the World Bank for its policy of refusing financial aid to countries without population planning programs. Cardinal Zoungrana resigned as Ouagadougou's archbishop on June 10, 1995, after thirty-five years of service. He died in Ouagadougou, at age 82, and is there buried at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
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