Athanase Bala

Infobox Christian leader type = Bishop name = Athanase Bala honorific_suffix = C.S.Sp. title = Bishop of Bafia church = Catholic Church diocese = Diocese of Bafia term = 21 December 1977 – 3 May 2003 predecessor = successor = Jean-Marie Benoît Balla previous_post = Titular Bishop of Gegi (1976-1977)Coadjutor Bishop of Bafia (1976-1977) ordination = 31 July 1955 ordained_by = consecration = 26 September 1976 consecrated_by = Jean Zoa was a Cameroonian Roman Catholic bishop.

Bala was born in Cameroon and was ordained to the priesthood in 1955. He served as titular bishop of Gegi and coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafia, Cameroon, from 1976 until 1977. Bala then served as bishop of the Bafia Diocese from 1977 until 2003.