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Cyprian Bankakuu Gandeebo, fms

 


Participant (Provincial)
Ghana - West Africa

Born in Jirapa, Ghana, Br. Cyprian is the eldest of eight siblings. He entered the postulancy in Orlu, Nigeria, and completed his novitiate in Kumasi, Ghana. He made his first profession in 1997 at the age of 36 and continued his formation in Nairobi at the Marist International Centre.? In 2000, he returned to Ghana and was appointed bursar of the Marist Preparatory School. In 2001, he began working at St. Marcellin Champagnat School and was also appointed Vocations Director that same year. In 2007, he served as a formator at the international novitiate in Kumasi, and in 2008, he was assigned to the Marist International Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2018, he was appointed Superior of the District of West Africa for a three-year term. On April 19, 2021, Br. Ernesto Sánchez, Superior General, appointed him as the first Provincial of the newly established Province of West Africa, a role he assumed on August 9, 2021, during the first Provincial Chapter.