Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp.

Bishop Emeritus of Bafia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Mar 1927		Born	Nlong
3 Jul 1955	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
31 May 1976	49.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
31 May 1976	49.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gegi
26 Sep 1976	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gegi
21 Dec 1977	50.8	Succeeded	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon
3 May 2003	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bafia.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Etoga †
Bishop Gilles-Henri-Alexis Barthe †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. (1976)
Archbishop Jean Zoa † (1961)
Grégoire-Pierre XV Cardinal Agagianian † (1935)
Archbishop Sergio Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Archbishop Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Archbishop Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Antoine-Pierre IX Cardinal Hassun † (1842)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Atanga, S.J.
Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Balla

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