Cameroon

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
30 May 1971		Bishop Pius Suh Awa	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa
26 Sep 1976		Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp.	Bishop Emeritus of Bafia
6 Jan 1980		Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi	Archbishop Emeritus of Douala
8 Dec 1982		Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua	Archbishop of Bamenda
13 Mar 1983		Archbishop Antoine Ntalou	Archbishop of Garoua
20 Jan 1985		Bishop Adalbert Ndzana	Bishop of Mbalmayo
16 Jun 1985		Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber, Roman Curia
26 Apr 1987		Bishop Gabriel Simo	Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam
26 Apr 1987		Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot	Archbishop of Yaoundé
6 Sep 1987		Bishop Jérôme Owono-Mimboe	Bishop Emeritus of Obala
6 Jul 1991		Archbishop Félix del Blanco Prieto	Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities, Roman Curia
8 Sep 1991		Bishop Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I.	Bishop of Yokadouma
Most Junior
31 May 2011		Bishop Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda
18 Mar 2010		Archbishop Piero Pioppo	Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun
2 Feb 2010		Bishop Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei	Bishop of Obala
31 Jan 2010		Bishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Batouri
4 Oct 2008		Bishop Joseph Befe Ateba	Bishop of Kribi
1 Oct 2008		Bishop Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo	Bishop of Yagoua
3 Feb 2007		Bishop Christophe Zoa	Bishop of Sangmélima
8 Sep 2006		Bishop George Nkuo	Bishop of Kumbo
5 Dec 2004		Bishop Jean Mbarga	Bishop of Ebolowa
5 Oct 2003		Archbishop Eliseo Antonio Ariotti	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
12 Jul 2003		Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Balla	Bishop of Bafia
25 Feb 2001		Bishop Joseph Djida, O.M.I.	Bishop of Ngaoundéré

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