Bishop Damase Zinga Atangana

Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1964		Born
25 Jul 1992	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Obala, Cameroon
7 Nov 2015	50.9	Appointed	Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon
8 Dec 2015	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kribi, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
Damase Zinga Atangana
Bishop Damase Zinga Atangana
(born 9 Dec 1964)
Bishop of Kribi

Event Place
Birth Place Nkog Bong

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kribi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Piero Pioppo
Titular Archbishop of Torcello
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Mbarga
Archbishop of Yaoundé
Bishop Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei
Bishop of Obala

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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 219405529
WikiData: Q23060864

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Nov 2015
ob: CB, 9 Nov 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Number 18,684

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