Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana

Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Mar 1958		Born
22 Jun 1985	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Yaoundé, Cameroon
21 Jun 1986	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Yaoundé, Cameroon
3 Jul 1987	29.2	Incardinated	Priest of Obala, Cameroon
26 May 2012	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
14 Jul 2012	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
Dieudonné Espoir Atangana
Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana
(born 20 Mar 1958)
Bishop of Nkongsamba

Ad Limina - September 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Efok, Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Ordained Deacon Mokolo, Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo
Ordained Priest Yaoundé, Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Independence Square, Nkongsamba, Diocese of Nkongsamba

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Nkongsamba.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Adalbert Ndzana †
Coadjutor Bishop of Mbalmayo
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Archbishop of Yaoundé
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Piero Pioppo
Titular Archbishop of Torcello
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua
Archbishop of Bamenda
Archbishop Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Bertoua

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Piero Pioppo (2010)
Titular Archbishop of Torcello
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Efok, Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Ordained Deacon	Mokolo, Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo
Ordained Priest	Yaoundé, Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Independence Square, Nkongsamba, Diocese of Nkongsamba

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WikiData: Q1224279

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 May 2012
ob: CB, 14 Jun 2012
c2: CB, 29 Jun 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 211, Number 17,502
od/c01/loc: CB, 8 Sep 2025

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