Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov (January 22, 1931 – January 26, 2010) was a
Cameroonian
prelate of the
Roman Catholic Church. He served as
bishop of
Bamenda,
Cameroon from 1970 until 1982 and as
archbishop
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from 1982 until 2006.
Life
Born in
Shisong on January 22, 1931, Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov was ordained to the
priesthood on December 20, 1961.
On August 13, 1970, he was appointed
bishop of the newly created diocese of
Bamenda. Verdzekov received his
episcopal consecration on the following November 8 from
Julius Joseph Willem Peeters
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, bishop of
Buéa, with the then bishop of
Garoua,
Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, and the bishop of
Sangmélima,
Pierre-Célestin Nkou, serving as
co-consecrators
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.
On March 18, 1982 he became archbishop of Bamenda when his diocese was elevated to archdiocese by
Pope John Paul II. Archbishop Verdzekov retired on January 23, 2006. He died in 2010, aged 79, as Archbishop Emeritus of Bamenda.
Catholic Hierarchy website
References
External links
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1931 births
2010 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Africa
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Africa
Cameroonian Roman Catholic archbishops
People from Bamenda
Roman Catholic archbishops of Bamenda
Roman Catholic bishops of Bamenda