Goetbé Edmond Jitangar (born 2 November 1952 in Bokoro,

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) is a Chadian Roman Catholic bishop. He was

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of the

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, from 1991 to 2016, and has been Metropolitan Archbishop of N'Djamena since 2016.

Career

Jitangar received the ordination to the priesthood on 30 December 1978. On 11 October 1991,

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named him

of the

. The

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of the

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, Jozef Tomko announced his consecration to bishop. The consecration was completed by the bishop of Mondou, Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi and the emitted Bishop of Sarh, Henri Veniat SJ. Bishop Jitangar was named Metropolitan Archbishop-designate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of N'Djamena,

, by

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on Saturday, August 20, 2016, following the death of the previous Archbishop in 2013. Jitangar was installed as Metropolitan Archbishop of N'Djamena on 15 October 2016.

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Archbishop Goetbé Edmond Djitangar [Catholic-Hierarchy]
on catholic-hierarchy.org 1952 births Living people Chadian Roman Catholic archbishops People from Hadjer-Lamis Region 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Chad 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Chad 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Africa Roman Catholic bishops of Sarh Roman Catholic archbishops of N'Djaména {{africa-RC-archbishop-stub