Archbishop Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Jan 1931		Born
20 Dec 1961	30.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Aug 1970	39.5	Appointed	Bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
8 Nov 1970	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
18 Mar 1982	51.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
23 Jan 2006	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
26 Jan 2010	79.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon

MicroData Summary
Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov
Archbishop Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov
(born 22 Jan 1931, died 26 Jan 2010)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda

Event Place
Birth Place Shisong
Ordained Bishop Bamenda, Diocese of Bamenda

a priest for 48.0 years
a bishop for 39.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. †
Bishop of Buéa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Garoua
Bishop Pierre-Célestin Nkou †
Bishop of Sangmélima

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M. † (1962)
Bishop of Buéa
Bishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M. † (1939)
Titular Bishop of Nicius
Bishop Patrick Collier † (1928)
Bishop of Ossory
Archbishop Edward Joseph Byrne † (1920)
Archbishop of Dublin
Archbishop William Joseph Walsh † (1885)
Archbishop of Dublin
Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran † (1872)
Archbishop of Sydney
Paul Cardinal Cullen † (1850)
Archbishop of Dublin
Castruccio Cardinal Castracane degli Antelminelli † (1844)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop André Wouking † (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pius Suh Awa † (1971)
Bishop Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. † (1973)
Bishop Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. † (1973)
Bishop Vicente Bernikon † (1974)
Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua (1982)
Archbishop Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. † (1994)
Bishop Dieudonné Watio (1995)
Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge (1999)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 13115175
WikiData: Q1542930

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 23 Jan 2006
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 204, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 14, Number 733

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