Paul Bouque (6 July 1896 – 15 August 1979) was Bishop of
Nkongsamba, Cameroon, from September 1955 until 16 June 1964, when he resigned.
Life
Paul Bouque was born in
Hauconcourt, France on 6 July 1896.
He was ordained a priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart on 26 July 1925.
On 28 October 1930, he was appointed Prefect of
Foumban, Cameroon.
On 28 May 1934, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Vagada and Vicar Apostolic of Foumban, Cameroon.
He was ordained as Bishop on 21 November 1934 in Metz, France.
He was interested in evangelizing in the west and central parts of his vicariate,
and in 1935 fixed his seat at
Nkongsamba, which in effect became his permanent residence.
In 1936, Paul Bouque transferred the junior seminary to
Melong, to the north of Nkongsamba.
The first candidates from this seminary were accepted by the senior seminary at
Mvolyé
Mvolyé or Mvolye is a neighbourhood of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Around 1900, during Cameroon's colonial period, the site was part of the lands ruled by Karl Atangana. Atangana donated part of the area to the German Pallottine Fathers, a Roman Catho ...
in 1940.
Albert Ndongmo was admitted to the seminary at Melong in September 1940.
He was to go on to succeed Bouque as Bishop of Nkongsamba.
Paul Bouque became Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon on 14 September 1955, when Foumban was promoted to become the Diocese of Nkongsamba.
He held this office until he resigned on 16 June 1964.
He was titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana from then until he resigned from that position on 11 Aug 1976.
He died on 15 Aug 1979.
See also
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Catholic Church in Cameroon
The Catholic Church in Cameroon is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are almost ten million Catholics in the Republic of Cameroon, 38.4% of the population, in 24 Dioceses. There are ...
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1896 births
1979 deaths
Clergy from Moselle (department)
20th-century French Roman Catholic bishops
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Cameroon
Roman Catholic bishops of Nkongsamba