Timothée Modibo-Nzockena

Timothée Modibo-Nzockena (1 January 1950 – 24 March 2016) was a Gabonese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Franceville.

Quotes

• The Church works to promote vocations. Our Church was born of missionaries who came a long time ago to our country. Now the time has come for us to shoulder our responsibilities as mature Christians at the spiritual and material level. There is still much space for missionaries who help keep the faith alive. We wish to ask the missionaries to work for the future of the county, helping us to form our young people.
  • “A major concern is young people to guarantee the future of the Church and the country” says president of the Catholic Bishops of Gabon in Rome for their ad limina visit (26 October 2007) Fides News Agency

• To reconcile all men in one family, the family of God, is and remains the first mission of the Church. It is not just for some. It is a duty for us all: Bishops, Priests, laity and all the ecclesial institutions. Christians should not be afraid of testifying their faith. This commitment presupposes concrete acts of reconciliation. To be at the service of reconciliation, the Church must truly be a reconciled family.
  • - H. Exc. Mons. Timothée MODIBO-NZOCKENA, Bishop of Franceville, President of the Episcopal Conference, President of the Association to the Episcopal Conference of Central Africa (A.C.E.R.A.C.) (GABON) (12 October 2009) Press Office of the Holy See