Christian Cardinal Tumi
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Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi (born 15 October 1930) is a Cardinal Priest and the Archbishop of Douala in the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Kikaikelaki in what is today the Northwest Province of Cameroon, Tumi studied at local seminaries in Cameroon and Nigeria. He trained as a teacher in Nigeria and London, then went on to earn a licentiate in theology in Lyon and a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. A polyglot, Tumi speaks Nso, Hausa, Latin, English, and French.
Ordained a priest on 17 April 1966, he served as a vicar in Soppo for a year before becoming a professor at Bishop Rogan College's seminary. After studying abroad from 1969 to 1973, he returned to his dioces and was named rector of the seminary in Bambui.
In 1979, Tumi was elected the first bishop of the diocese of Yagoua. In 1984, he was made archbishop, and in 1985, he was elected president of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, a post he held until 1991.
Named Cardinal on June 28, 1988 by Pope John Paul II, Tumi was named the Archbishop of Douala on 31 August 1991. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.
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