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Cameroon

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained
Bishop		YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
9 May 1965 Luigi Cardinal PoggiArchivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives, Roman Curia
1 May 1968 Archbishop Jean JadotPro-President Emeritus of the Secretariat of Non-Christians, Roman Curia
8 Nov 1970 Archbishop Paul VerdzekovArchbishop Emeritus of Bamenda
30 May 1971 Bishop Pius Suh AwaBishop Emeritus of Buéa
15 Apr 1973 Bishop Thomas NkuissiBishop Emeritus of Nkongsamba
26 Sep 1976 Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp.Bishop Emeritus of Bafia
6 Jan 1980 Christian Wiyghan Cardinal TumiArchbishop of Douala
8 Dec 1982 Archbishop Cornelius Fontem EsuaArchbishop of Bamenda
13 Mar 1983 Archbishop Antoine NtalouArchbishop of Garoua
20 Jan 1985 Bishop Adalbert NdzanaBishop of Mbalmayo
16 Jun 1985 Archbishop Santos Abril y CastellóApostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
26 Apr 1987 Bishop Gabriel SimoAuxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam
Most Junior
4 Oct 2008 Bishop Joseph Befe AtebaBishop of Kribi
3 Feb 2007 Bishop Christophe ZoaAuxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé
8 Sep 2006 Bishop George NkuoBishop of Kumbo
5 Dec 2004 Bishop Jean MbargaBishop of Ebolowa
5 Oct 2003 Archbishop Eliseo Antonio AriottiApostolic Nuncio to Cameroun
12 Jul 2003 Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît BallaBishop of Bafia
25 Feb 2001 Bishop Joseph Djida, O.M.I.Bishop of Ngaoundéré
18 Feb 2001 Archbishop Samuel KledaCoadjutor Archbishop of Douala
18 Sep 1999 Bishop Joseph Atanga, S.J.Bishop of Bafoussam
21 Apr 1999 Bishop Francis Teke LysingeBishop of Mamfe
10 Apr 1999 Bishop Dieudonné BogmisBishop of Eséka
20 Apr 1997 Bishop Jan OzgaBishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang

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