Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena

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Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena (March 31, 1935 – February 3, 2013) was the second bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kara, Togo.

Ordained to the priesthood on 30 June 1963, Sambar-Talkena was ordained bishop on 6 January 1996, following the death of his predecessor Ernest Patili Assi. He resigned on 7 January 2009 and was succeeded by Jacques Danka Longa. He held the title of bishop emeritus until his death in Lomé in 2013.[1]

He was born in the village of Baga, a village neighboring Niamtougou. He spoke Nawdm and French.

For many years he was President of the Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education in the Bishops' Conference of Togo.

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