Joachim N'Dayen (22 December 1934 – 13 June 2023) was a

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in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

. He was the archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic. History * 1909.05.08: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari from the Apostolic Vicaria ...

, the capital city of the

. He became archbishop on appointment by

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in September 1970, when he became the first Roman Catholic archbishop in the country. He resigned in 2003 and was replaced by

Paulin Pomodimo Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo (born 30 June 1954, in Ziendi) is a Roman Catholic archbishop in the Central African Republic. He was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui, the capital city of the Central African Republic. He beca ...

. He presided over the Coronation Mass for Emperor Bokassa I in 1977. N'Dayen died in Paris on 13 June 2023, at the age of 88.First African Catholic Archbishop of CAR’s Bangui Archdiocese Dies in France at 88
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1934 births 2023 deaths People from Bangui Central African Republic Roman Catholic archbishops People from Lobaye Roman Catholic archbishops of Bangui {{RC-archbishop-stub