• Prefects Apostolic of Kayes (Roman rite) • Bishop Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois, M. Afr. (1947.11.07 – 1963.07.06
see below) •
Bishops of Kayes (Roman rite) • Bishop
Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois,
M. Afr. (
see above 1963.07.06 – 1978.07.11) • Bishop
Joseph Dao (1978.09.12 – 2011.06.11) • Bishop
Jonas Dembélé (2013.01.31 - present)
Jonas Dembélé The Rev. Fr. Jonas Dembélé was born on May 15, 1963, in
Sokoura, Mali, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San. After finishing primary and secondary school, he entered the Major
Seminary of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako, in
Bamako, Mali, for courses in
philosophy, and afterwards attended the Seminary of
Koumi, Burkina Faso (in the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso) for studies in
theology. Bishop-designate Dembélé was ordained a priest on July 12, 1992. After ordination, he held the following positions: from 1992 to 1996: Vicar in the parish of
Saint John Bosco of
Touba, Mali; from 1996 to 2008: Pastor of the
Cathedral of Notre Dame de Lourdes; from 2002 to 2008: Secretary General of the Union of the Clergy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San and of the National Union of the Clergy of Mali (UPM); from 2008 to 2010: Studies at the
Institute of Pastoral Theology Lumen Vitae in
Brussels, Belgium, with a '
maitrise' in
Practical Theology of Société et Dévelomment (Society and Development); since 2011: Pastor of the Parish of
Yasso, Mali, which is under construction. He will be ordained a bishop and installed as Bishop of Kayes in separate ceremonies in the near future. (He was consecrated and installed on May 11, 2013.) ==See also==