Abraham Kome

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Abraham Kome
Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala
SeeBafang
Appointed26 May 2012
Installed15 July 2012
Orders
Ordination11 December 1999
Consecration15 July 2012
by  Piero Pioppo
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Abraham Kome

(1969-07-02) 2 July 1969 (age 56)
Loum-ville, Littoral Region, Diocese of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
Motto"Lucem at pax" (Light and peace)
Styles of
Abraham Kome
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Reference style
Spoken styleHis Lordship
Religious style Bishop

Abraham Boualo Kome, (born on 2 July 1969), is a Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang, Cameroon since 2012. He was appointed bishop by Pope Benedict XVI on 26 May 2012. He was consecrated and installed there on 15 July 2012. He concurrently served as Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafia, Cameroon from 6 June 2017 until 11 July 2020.

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Background and education

He was born on 2 July 1969 in Loum-ville, Littoral Region, Diocese of Nkongsamba, in Cameroon. He studied at Saints Peter and Paul de Loum for his primary and secondary school education. He then studied Philosophy and Theology at the Seminary. He holds a Licentiate in Philosophy and Social Sciences awarded by the University of Dschang, in Cameroon. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Nkongsamba on 11 December 1999 at Nkongsamba, Cameroon. [1] [2]

Priest

He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of the Nkongsamba, Cameroon on 11 December 1999 at Nkongsamba, Cameroon. [1] [2]

As a priest, he served in various roles in different locations, including as: [2]

Bishop

On 26 May 2012, The Holy Father Benedict XVI created the new Diocese of Bafang in Cameroon from the Diocese of Nkongsamba. The Pope made the new diocese a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala, Cameroon. The Reverend Father Abraham Kome, until then the diocesan Administrator of Nkongsamba was appointed the pioneer Ordinary of the new diocese of Bafang. [1] [2]

He was consecrated and installed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Bafang, Diocese of Bafang on 15 July 2012 by the hands of Archbishop Piero Pioppo, Titular Archbishop of Torcello assisted by Archbishop Samuel Kleda, Archbishop of Douala and Bishop Dieudonné Watio, Bishop of Bafoussam. [1]

On 8 June 2017, following the death of Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Balla, the Holly See appointed Monsignor Bishop Abraham Kome, Bishop of Bafang as Apostolic Administrator of Bafia, Cameroon. That administratorship ceased on 11 July 2020, the day a new bishop Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, was installed at Bafia. [1] [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 David M. Cheney (8 May 2024). "MicroData Summary for Bishop Abraham Kome (born 2 July 1969), Bishop of Bafang". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . Kansas City. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Agenzia Fides (28 May 2012). "Africa/Cameroon: Erection of the Diocese of Bafang and appointment of the first Bishop". Agenzia Fides . Vatican City. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. Steve (8 June 2017). "Vatican appoints Bishop Abraham Kome as administrator of Diocese of Bafia". The Sun Newspaper. Limbe, Cameroon. Retrieved 7 March 2025.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
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Bishop of Bafang
(since 26 May 2012)
Succeeded by
Incumbent