Bishop Jean-Baptiste Ama †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Aug 1926		Born
4 Jun 1955	28.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Dec 1974	48.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
12 Dec 1974	48.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Accia
2 Feb 1975	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Accia
22 Jul 1983	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon
20 May 1991	64.7	Appointed	Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon
15 Mar 2002	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon
29 Feb 2004	77.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon

MicroData Summary for Jean-Baptiste Ama
(WikiData: Q19286552)
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Ama (born 20 Aug 1926, died 29 Feb 2004) Bishop Emeritus of Ebolowa-Kribi

Event Place
Birth Place Koundou
Ordained Bishop Yaoundé, Archdiocese of Yaoundé

a priest for 48.7 years
a bishop for 29.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean Zoa †
Archbishop of Yaoundé
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Etoga †
Bishop of Mbalmayo
Bishop Simon Tonyé †
Bishop of Douala

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jean Zoa † (1961)
Archbishop of Yaoundé
Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian † (1935)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Bishop Serge Der Abrahamian † (1933)
Titular Bishop of Cucusus
Patriarch Avedis Bédros XIV Arpiarian † (1890)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Stephan Bedros X Azarian † (1877)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
Patriarch Andon Bedros Hassoun † (1842)
Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jérôme Owono-Mimboe † (1987)
Bishop Raphaël Marie Ze † (1992)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Koundou
Ordained Bishop	Yaoundé, Archdiocese of Yaoundé

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 28, Number 1,598

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