Marcel Grandin

A 1994 Central African stamp depicting the ordination of Father Barthélemy Boganda alongside Monsignor Marcel Grandin.

Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin (January 16,1885–August 4, 1947) was a French Roman Catholic bishop.

Born in Beaulandais, Normandy, he entered the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, being ordained a priest in 1912. Assigned to Ubangi-Shari, he was made head of the local Catholic Church in 1928, and appointed bishop of Bangui in 1937.[1]

Grandin played an important role in the religious and political life of Barthélemy Boganda, ordaining him in 1938 and encouraging him to run for the French National Assembly in 1946.[1]

Grandin died in Bangui. Boganda, who had great respect for him, henceforth distanced himself from the church hierarchy.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Bradshaw & Fandos-Rius 2016, p. 316.

References

  • Bradshaw, Richard; Fandos-Rius, Juan (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic (4th, reprint ed.). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810879928.