Joseph Befe Ateba (April 25, 1962 – June 4, 2014) was a

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bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1987, Ateba was appointed the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kribi,

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

, in 2008. He died while still in office.Joseph Befe Ateba
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1962 births 2014 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Cameroon Roman Catholic bishops of Kribi {{Africa-RC-bishop-stub