The agencies MissiONline News and CISA report an outstanding nomination for the African church, formalized by the president of the Bishops Conference and Archbishop of Johannesburg Buti Tlhagale. As of March, the country’s assembly of Catholic bishops, which is based in Pretoria, will have a new secretary general.
Sister Hermenegild Makoro, who in the last six years has worked as associate secretary, will replace the current Secretary Father Vincent Brennan, of the Society of African Missions.
Born on December 7, 1951 at Koeqana, a rural town in the district of Mount Fletcher in the Province of the Eastern Cape, Sister Makoro is the second of four children.
Raised in a devout Catholic family, she attended catechism courses in the parish of Mariazell, before joining the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood in the early seventies. Her first religious engagement dates back to 1976.
A degree in education and training from the University of Transkei and a diploma in theology from the University of Natal-Pietermaritzburg, Sister Makoro taught at the high school of Mariazell.
For years she was the coordinator of the pastoral team for catechesis, together with Bishop Brook, and was responsible for the diocesan team for animation together with Bishop Oswald Hirmer in the diocese of Mthatha.
For a period she also served as provincial superior of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood.