Bishop Adalbert Ndzana †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jul 1939		Born
15 Aug 1969	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Yaoundé, Cameroon
8 Nov 1984	45.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
20 Jan 1985	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
7 Mar 1987	47.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
27 Dec 2016	77.4	Retired	Bishop of Mbalmayo, Cameroon
7 Sep 2025	86.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
Adalbert Ndzana
Bishop Adalbert Ndzana
(born 17 Jul 1939, died 7 Sep 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Mbalmayo

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

Event Place
Birth Place Zoatoubsi, Vicariate Apostolic of Yaoundé
Ordained Priest Sainte Anne, Church, Efok, Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Ordained Bishop Mbalmayo, Diocese of Mbalmayo
Death Place Yaoundé, Archdiocese of Yaoundé

a priest for 56.0 years
a bishop for 40.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Donato Squicciarini †
Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Archbishop of Yaoundé
Bishop Paul Etoga †
Bishop of Mbalmayo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Donato Squicciarini † (1978)
Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia
Franz Cardinal König † (1952)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Bishop Michael Memelauer † (1927)
Bishop of Sankt Pölten
Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl, C.R.S.A. † (1913)
Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}
Archbishop Raffaele Scapinelli di Leguigno † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana (1985)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Philippe Alain Mbarga (1994)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Philippe Alain Mbarga (2016)
Bishop Joseph-Marie Ndi-Okalla (2017)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q347598

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 28 Dec 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 90, Number 7,638
d: CB, 7 Sep 2025
bpd/opd/loc: CB, 8 Sep 2025

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