Archbishop André Wouking †

Deceased

Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jun 1930		Born
9 Apr 1961	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon
15 Mar 1979	48.7	Appointed	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
9 Jun 1979	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
21 Nov 1992	62.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
10 Jun 1995	64.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
27 Nov 1998	68.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
10 Nov 2002	72.4	Died	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
André Wouking
Archbishop André Wouking
(born 14 Jun 1930, died 10 Nov 2002)
Archbishop of Yaoundé

Event Place
Birth Place Dschang
Ordained Bishop Bafoussam, Diocese of Bafoussam

a priest for 41.5 years
a bishop for 23.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov †
Bishop of Bamenda
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo
Bishop Thomas Mongo †
Bishop Emeritus of Douala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov † (1970)
Bishop of Bamenda
Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. † (1962)
Bishop of Buéa
Bishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M. † (1939)
Titular Bishop of Nicius
Bishop Patrick Collier † (1928)
Bishop of Ossory
Archbishop Edward Joseph Byrne † (1920)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh † (1885)
Archbishop of Dublin
Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran † (1872)
Archbishop of Sydney
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens, P.F.E. † (1995)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antoine Ntalou (1983)
Bishop Gabriel Simo † (1987)
Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (1987)
Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (1993)
Bishop Dieudonné Watio (1995)
Archbishop Joseph Atanga, S.J. (1999)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 53878044
WikiData: Q5474135

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 54, Number 3,933
aadm: CB, 8 Sep 2025

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