Pius Suh Awa

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Pius Suh Awa (May 4, 1930 February 9, 2014) was a Catholic bishop in Cameroon.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1961, Awa was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buéa in 1971 and became diocesan bishop in 1973. He retired in 2006. [1]

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