Gabriel Simo
Gabriel Simo (born March 15, 1937 in Bapa ; † November 24, 2017 in Bafoussam ) was a Cameroonian clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Bafoussam .
Life
Gabriel Simo was ordained a priest on March 27, 1966 .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on January 26, 1987 auxiliary bishop in Douala and titular bishop of Sereddeli . The Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Gabon , Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea , Archbishop Donato Squicciarini , donated him and Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot , who was appointed auxiliary bishop with him , episcopal ordination on April 26 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Simon Tonyé , Archbishop of Douala, and André Wouking , Bishop of Bafoussam.
Because of Simo's origins from the Bamileke ethnic group , a majority of local priests in the Archdiocese of Douala protested against his appointment, criticizing a "Bamilekization" of the church hierarchy in Cameroon.
On November 11, 1994 he was appointed auxiliary bishop in Bafoussam.
Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on September 14, 2013.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nécrologie: Mgr Gabriel Simo, l'ancien Évêque auxiliaire eMerite de Bafoussam est mort. lebledparle.com, November 24, 2017, accessed November 27, 2017 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simo, Gabriel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cameroonian clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Bafoussam |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bapa |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 2017 |
| Place of death | Bafoussam |