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Bowers, Joseph Oliver, 1910-2012

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Personal name headingBowers, Joseph Oliver, 1910-2012
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Birth date19100328
Death date20121105
Place of birthMassacre, Dominica
Place of deathAgomanya, Ghana
AffiliationCatholic Church. Diocese of Saint John's-Basseterre
Catholic Church. Diocese of Accra (Ghana)
Society of the Divine Word
Profession or occupationBishop
Found inMost Reverend Joseph Oliver Bowers SVD, 2010: t.p. (Joseph Oliver Bowers) foreword (Bishop Bowers; missionary 1940-1953, Bishop of Accra 1953-1971; celebrating 100th birthday 28 March 2010) p. 2 (Dominican, has spent most of his life in Ghana)
Wikipedia WWW site, Nov. 9, 2012 (Joseph Oliver Bowers, SVD; b. Mar. 28, 1910, Massacre, British Leeward Islands (now in Dominica); d. Nov. 5, 2012, Agomanya, Eastern Region, Ghana; Bishop of Accra, 1953-1971; Bishop of St. John's-Basseterre, 1971-1981)