Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon

Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon (born 11 Feb 1964) is a Cameroonian Catholic prelate who serves as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumba, in Cameroon since 15 March 2016. Before that, from 8 April 2011 until 15 March 2016, he was auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Bamenda, Cameroon. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop. He was consecrated by Piero Pioppo, Titular Archbishop of Torcello, on 31 May 2011. On 15 March 2016, Pope Francis created the Catholic Diocese of Kumba and made it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Province of Bamenda. The Holy Father appointed Bishop Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon, previously auxiliary bishop at Bamenda to be the pioneer bishop of the new Catholic See.

Background and education Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon was born on 11 February 1964, in Shisong, Diocese of Kumbo, Northwest Region, in Cameroon. He attended the Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Bamenda, where he studied both philosophy and theology. From 1998 until 2001, he studied at the Augustinianum, an institute of the Pontifical Lateran University, in Rome, where he graduated with a licentiate in theology.

Priest He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Kumbo, Archdiocese of Bamenda, on 22 March 1991. He served as a priest until 8 April 2011. While a priest, he served in various positions and locations, including: He was installed at Kumba on 7 May 2016. He continues to serve in that capacity in a precarious security environment.