At ordination of Auxiliary Bishop of the Bamenda Arch Diocese:

Cameroons Bishops reaffirm allegiance to the representative of Saint Peter

Group Picture after Ordination with Prime Minister Philemon Yang, Governor Adolfe Lele LAfrique, , Minister Paul Atanga Nji and Bishops of the Cameroon Episcopal Conference.

 The Vice President of the Cameroon Episcopal Conference His Lordship Bishop George Nkuo of the Kumbo Diocese speaking on behalf of the Bishops of Cameroon has expressed immense gratitude of the Bishops of Cameroon to the Holy Father and also reaffirmed allegiance to the representative of Saint Peter. He was speaking on Saturday March 25, 2017 at the Big Mankon Metropolitan Cathedral during the ordination of Mgr. Michael Miabesue Bibi as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Bamenda Arch Diocese.

The Vice President of the Cameroon Episcopal Conference said Cameroon has been blessed with a young group of Bishops and went ahead to name the Bishops of Ebolowa, Bafoussam, Mbalmayo and Bamenda as Bishops who had been ordained in the last four months adding that four Bishops and an Arch Bishop in the last four months was an immense blessing to the Church in Cameroon. He went on to thank the Head of State President Paul Biya who was represented by the Prime Minister and Head of Government for always being present during the initiatives of the Church especially an event such as this one that marked the anointing of a successor of the Apostles.

Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi in his address to the mammoth crowd of Christians simply said, “This is the day that the Lord has made, we rejoice and we are glad”. He seized the occasion to thank God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit for the gift of Priestley Vocation and for calling him to serve the people of God in the Arch Diocese of Bamenda as Auxiliary Bishop. Every vocation Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi said is a gift from God and no one takes this honour upon himself. “It is God who takes the initiative to call and a human being simply responds to that call” Mgr. Michael Miabesue Bibi said adding that every vocation is a call by God to serve in the Church.

The prelate said it was his wish to carry out his duties in a spirit of humility, collaboration, readiness to serve the laity, the religious, the clergy and all the Christians and people of goodwill in the Arch Diocese of Bamenda and beyond. The Holy Spirit he said used some human instruments to make this vocation a reality. For this reason, he thanked the Arch Bishop of Bamenda His Grace Cornelius Fontem Esua, who immediately after the appointment of the former Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda the Right Rev. Agapitus Nfon as Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Kumba on the 15^th of March 2016 wrote to the Holy Father requesting for another Auxiliary Bishop.

The new auxiliary Bishop of the Bamenda Arch Diocese further thanked the Holy Father Pope Francis, the Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, the Arch Bishops and Bishops of Cameroon, the priests, religious and laity for allowing themselves to be used by the holy trinity to make this gift to become a reality in his humble person.

The event proper saw the Bishop elect being questioned in the presence of the people with regards to his resolve to contribute in the building of the body of Christ. Mgr. Michael Bibi was equally questioned on the following issues among others:- His resolve to remain in unity with the body of Christ and guide the holy people of God- His resolve to be merciful and welcoming to the poor and to pray without ceasing for the Holy People. The ordination exercise continued with a chanted call in Latin to all the Saints to pray for the Church. This was followed by the laying of hands as God was beseeched to pour out the oil of mystical anointing. The Bishop subsequently received the ring symbolic of his being a bride of God and a sign of his fidelity among other things.  

Present at the occasion was the Secretary of the Apostolic Nuncio for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea Ambrosini Cosmas, the Bishops of Cameroon, The Prime Minister and Head of Government Philemon Yang, The Governor of the Northwest Region Adolfe Lele L’Afrique, The Governor of the West Region Awah Fonka Azu, Minister in charge of Special Duties at the Presidency of the Republic Atanga Nji Paul, a host of invitees from Europe and South Africa.

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