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In Lomé (Togo) on the 18th April 2001 the Minister General of the Friars Minor, Br. Giacomo Bini, set up the Vice-Province of the “Word Incarnate”.
The new African Entity is located in the territory of the ex-Franciscan Federation of West Africa (FFWA) that includes Togo, The Ivory Coast and Benin.
The Minister General also promulgated the "Government" of the new Entity, elected by the Definitory General on the 22nd March 2001, that will remain in charge for three years.
Minister Provincial
Br. Richard Dzierzenga
Vicar Provincial
Br. Joseph Legonou
Provincial Definitory
Br. Sébastien Agah Boye
Br. Emmanuel Assogba
Br. Pierre Reinhard
Br. Francis Zogli
TOGO, IVORY COAST and BENIN
The Franciscan presence in this region goes back to 1956. The Friars Minor not only come from the three countries that make up the Vice-Province but also from France, Slovenia, Poland, Germany and Spain.
The new Vice Province is made up of 66 friars, mostly local vocations.
Pastoral activity, in both rural and urban areas, makes up the principal commitment but there are also friars engaged in the school, in social work (assistance in prisons), in the formation of catechists, with youth and in professional formation (carpentry, leather and skin work).
The main language used in the countries of the Vice-Province of the Word Incarnate is French but in some areas it is necessary to know one of the local languages, especially for those involved in pastoral activity.
TOGO 56,790 sq kms – pop. 5,081,413
IVORY COAST 322,460 sq kms - pop. 15,818,068
BENIN 112,620 sq kms – pop. 6,305,567
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