Abraham Kome | |
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Bishop of Bafang, Cameroon | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala |
See | Bafang |
Appointed | 26 May 2012 |
Installed | 15 July 2012 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 11 December 1999 |
Consecration | 15 July 2012 by Piero Pioppo |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | Abraham Kome 2 July 1969 |
Motto | "Lucem at pax" (Light and peace) |
Styles of Abraham Kome | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | His 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.
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]
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]
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]