Julien Mory Sidibé

Julien Mory Sidibé
Bishop of Ségou
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Ségou
In office	1 July 1974 – 17 March 2003
Predecessor	Pierre Louis Leclerc
Successor	Augustin Traoré
Orders
Ordination	30 April 1957
Consecration	7 December 1974 by Luc Auguste Sangaré
Personal details
Born	1927 Goualala (northwest of Yanfolila), French Sudan, French West Africa, French Empire
Died	17 March 2003 (aged 75–76)

Julien Mory Sidibé (1927 – March 17, 2003) was a Roman Catholic bishop in Mali from 1974 until his death.

Born in the village of Goualala, Mali, Julien Mory Sidibé began his education at a local Catholic missionary school, later studying at the seminary at Goumi in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). In 1957, he was ordained a priest in Bougouni, Mali. or five years he directed the catechism school of Faladie, then that of Ntonimba.

In 1971, he began working on his dissertation in theology in France, and was soon informed by Luc Sangare, archbishop of Bamako, that he would be made a bishop on his return to Mali, a post Sidibé took in 1974. He is particularly remembered for a speech at Mali's 1991 National Conference in which he supported the country's transition to a more democratic political system.

He was Bishop of Ségou from 1974 until his death.

Bibliography

Le Segovien article