Emmanuel Bushu

Emmanuel Bushu (born 31 July 1944) is a Cameroonian Catholic prelate who served the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buéa, in Cameroon from 30 November 2006 until his age-related retirement on 28 December 2019. Before that, from 17 December 1992 until 30 November 2006, he was bishop of the Diocese of Yagoua, Cameroon. Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop. He was consecrated at Yagoua on 25 March 1993 by Santos Abril y Castelló, Titular Archbishop of Tamada. On 30 November 2006, Pope Benedict XVI transferred him to the Catholic Diocese of Buéa. He was installed there as the local ordinary on 30 January 2007. On 28 December 2019, Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Buea. He lives on as Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon.

Background and education He was born on 31 July 1944 in Ngorim, Northwest Region, in Cameroon. He studied both philology and theology at seminary before he was ordained a priest in 1973.

Priest He was ordained a priest for the Catholic Church in Cameroon on 7 January 1973. He served as a priest until 17 December 1992. During that time-frame, he served as the chairman of the board of trustees of the Catholic University Institute of Buea (CUIB).

On 28 December 2019, Pope Francis accepted his retirement request, with the bishop having attained the mandatory retirement age for Catholic bishops. That same day, Michael Miabesue Bibi, at that time Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bamenda, was appointed Apostolic Administrator at Buea.