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Jean-Marie Benoît Balla
Jean-Marie Benoît Balla (10 May 1959 – 31 May 2017) was a Catholic Church in Cameroon, Cameroonian Catholic bishop who served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafia from May 2003 until his death in May 2017. He was appointed bishop on 3 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II. He died in office on 31 May 2017 under mysterious circumstances. Early life and education He was born on 10 May 1959, in Oweng (also Oveng), in the Division of Mefou and Akono, in the Center Region of Cameroon. This lies in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé. After he studied philosophy and theology at seminary, he was ordained priest of Yaounde Archdiocese on 20 June 1987. Priest He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Yaoundé on 20 June 1987 by the late Archbishop Jean Zoa, Archbishop of Yaoundé. He was assigned to parish work. He then headed the Yaounde Minor Seminary. He also taught at the Nkolbisson Major Seminary in :fr:Nkolbisson, Nkolbisson, a suburb of Yaounde, Cameroon. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Reverend
The Most Reverend (abbreviated as The Most Revd or The Most Rev) is an honorific style (form of address), style given to certain (primarily Western Christian, Western) Christian clergy and Christian minister, ministers. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Catholic In the Catholic Church, two different systems may be found. In most countries, all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic ''de numero''. In the United Kingdom, only archbishops bear the style "The Most Reverend", with other bishops styled "The Right Reverend". By custom, this title is used for the Minister general, ministers general of the various branches of the Order of Friars Minor as well as of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis. Eastern Orthodox In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox tradition, archbishops under the Ecumenical Patriarchate (those who are not the Primate (bishop), primates of autocephalous churches) and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |