Archbishop Joseph Atanga, S.J.

Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Aug 1952		Born
11 Jul 1987	34.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
22 Jun 1999	46.8	Appointed	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
18 Sep 1999	47.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
3 Dec 2009	57.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon
30 Jan 2010	57.4	Installed	Archbishop of Bertoua, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
Joseph Atanga
Archbishop Joseph Atanga S.J.
(born 14 Aug 1952)
Archbishop of Bertoua

Ad Limina - March 2006: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Akok-Bekoe

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Bertoua.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto †
Titular Archbishop of Vannida
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop André Wouking †
Archbishop of Yaoundé
Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Bafia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto † (1991)
Titular Archbishop of Vannida
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M. (2010)
Bishop Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb (2018)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1644154983530167860006
WikiData: Q1349574

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 3 Dec 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 156, Number 13,614

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