Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov

Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov
Styles of; Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

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 till 1982 and as archbishop from 1982 till 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, 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.

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.[1]

References

Catholic Hierarchy website ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Newly created	Bishop of Bamenda 1970–1982	Succeeded by Elevated to archdiocese
Preceded by Newly created	Archbishop of Bamenda 1982–2006	Succeeded by Cornelius Fontem Esua

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[1] Catholic Hierarchy website ^{[self-published]}