Mons. Richard Baawobr, a Ghanaian prelate who was created a cardinal three months ago by Pope Francis passed away on 27 November, Sunday.
“It is with sadness and pain that we announce the return to heaven of Cardinal Richard Baawobr this Sunday,” said Fr. André-Léon Simonart, secretary general of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), a society of apostolic life to which the priest belonged.
“May Richard rest in the peace of his Lord whom he so generously served. Our prayers and our thoughts also go to his family, to his diocese, to his fellow bishops, to all his friends and acquaintances,” he added.
On 27 August, the day of the consistory, the Cardinal was absent due to a heart problem.
Pope Francis reported that same day that he had been hospitalized and that he apparently underwent “some type of operation.”
Cardinal Baawobr, President of the Conference of African Bishops and Bishop of Wa (since 2016), was known for his charity and care for people with mental disabilities in Ghana.