Bishop of Kolda
Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène, Bishop of Kolda, was born on August 1, 1951, in Essyl, Enampore, Senegal, in the Diocese of Ziguinchor. He was ordained a priest for Ziguinchor on April 11, 1980. On December 22, 1999, he was appointed Bishop of Kolda. He received episcopal ordination on April 29, 2000, at Kolda, with Augustin Sagna as principal consecrator and Bernard Agré and Robert Sarah as co-consecrators. On August 5, 2017, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Tambacounda. He ceased to hold the office of Apostolic Administrator of Tambacounda on February 6, 2022.