Christian Wiyghan Tumi

Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi (2011)

Cardinal coat of arms of Cardinal Tumi

Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi (born October 15, 1930 in Kikaikelaki , Cameroon ; † April 3, 2021 in Douala ) was a Cameroonian clergyman and Archbishop of Douala and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church . Tumi was considered one of the most important figures in Cameroon's anglophone crisis .

Life

Christian Tumi attended several seminars in Nigeria and at the Universities of Lyon and Freiburg trays Catholic theology and philosophy and educational sciences. He was ordained a priest on April 17, 1966 and was appointed pastor in the Archdiocese of Bamenda for the next two years . From 1967 to 1969 he worked as a teacher at the boys' college in Souppo-Bouéa . After further studies in Europe he worked in the years 1973 to 1979 as a rain of Seminary of Bambui and as a pastor in the Archdiocese of Bamenda.

On 6 December 1979 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the Bishop of Yagoua and donated him on 6 January 1980, the episcopal ordination , co-consecrators were Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo , substitute of the Vatican Secretariat of State , and Ferdinando Maggioni , Auxiliary Bishop of Milan . On November 19, 1982 the Pope appointed him Coadjutor Archbishop and on March 17, 1984 Archbishop of Garoua . From 1985 to 1991 he was President of the Cameroon Bishops 'Conference and from 1990 to 1994 President of the Symposium of the Bishops' Conferences of Africa and Madagascar .

Christian Wiyghan Tumi was accepted into the College of Cardinals by John Paul II in the consistory of June 28, 1988 as cardinal priest with the titular church Santi Martiri dell'Uganda a Poggio Ameno and was appointed Archbishop of Douala on August 31, 1991.

Tumi was considered the leading head of the political opposition in Cameroon and the most important opponent of President Paul Biya . In January 2018, he criticized Biya's struggle against separatists, stating: "You do not bring peace through violence and violence creates violence". In November 2020, Tumi was kidnapped and released in Cameroon - allegedly by separatists.

He took part in the 2005 conclave after the death of John Paul II . In October of that year, he drew attention to himself when he shortly after the end of the world Synod of Bishops in a dpa using interview condoms advocated for married when a spouse HIV is -infiziert to an infection to prevent the other spouse. Tumi further stated in this interview that the Vatican is currently rethinking this question from the traditional line of the Roman Catholic Church .

On November 17, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for reasons of age. At the conclave in 2013 Cardinal Tumi did not take because of the age limit some more. He died in April 2021 at the age of 90.

Memberships in the Roman Curia

Christian Wiyghan Tumi was a member of the following congregations and councils of the Roman Curia:

Web links

Tumi, Christian Wiyghan. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 23, 2016.
Entry on Christian Wiyghan Tumi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 23, 2016.
Entry to Christian Tumi on gcatholic.org (English)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Lucie Sarr: Au Cameroun, décès du Cardinal Tumi, archevêque émérite de Douala. In: la-croix.com . April 3, 2021, accessed April 3, 2021 (French).
↑ Elvis Teke: Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Christian Cardinal Tumi this at 90. In: crtv.cm . April 3, 2021, accessed April 3, 2021 .
^ Crisis in Cameroon: Cardinal Tumi criticizes Military violence. In: catholicworldreport.com . January 24, 2018, accessed December 8, 2019 .
↑ Henri Fotso, Uta stone weir: Cardinal Tumi: "Peace in Cameroon depends on the president." In: dw.com . November 18, 2020, accessed April 3, 2021 .
^ Rinuncia e Successione dell'Arcivescovo di Douala (Camerun). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 17, 2009, accessed December 8, 2019 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Louis Charpenet OMI	Bishop of Yagoua 1979–1982	Antoine Ntalou
Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey (fr) OMI	Archbishop of Garoua Koadjutor Archbishop 1982–1984 Archbishop 1984–1991	Antoine Ntalou
Simon Tonyé (fr)	Archbishop of Douala 1991–2009	Samuel Kleda

personal data
SURNAME	Tumi, Christian Wiyghan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tumi, Christian Wiyghan Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cameroonian cardinal and archbishop of Douala
DATE OF BIRTH	October 15, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kikaikelaki , Cameroon
DATE OF DEATH	April 3, 2021

[LACROIX-1] A ^b Lucie Sarr: Au Cameroun, décès du Cardinal Tumi, archevêque émérite de Douala. In: la-croix.com . April 3, 2021, accessed April 3, 2021 (French).

[2] Elvis Teke: Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Christian Cardinal Tumi this at 90. In: crtv.cm . April 3, 2021, accessed April 3, 2021 .

[3] Crisis in Cameroon: Cardinal Tumi criticizes Military violence. In: catholicworldreport.com . January 24, 2018, accessed December 8, 2019 .

[4] Henri Fotso, Uta stone weir: Cardinal Tumi: "Peace in Cameroon depends on the president." In: dw.com . November 18, 2020, accessed April 3, 2021 .

[5] Rinuncia e Successione dell'Arcivescovo di Douala (Camerun). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 17, 2009, accessed December 8, 2019 (Italian).