Hans-Joachim “Ha-Jo” Lohre is a German Roman Catholic priest and missionary.
Lohre hails from Hövelhof in North Rhine-Westphalia. He became a member of the White Fathers. He travelled to Mali in the early 1990s; he had previously visited the country for the first time in 1981. Lohre taught at the Institute for Christian-Islamic Education and rain a faith and meeting center in Bamako. He is also national secretary of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue in Mali.[1] [2]
In November 2022, Lohre was kidnapped while celebrating mass by unknown assailants in Bamako, Mali. His car was found abandoned, with a severed Christian cross necklace lying next to it. He was released by his captors and later returned to Germany on November 27, 2023, after a year in captivity.[3]