Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb

Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb (born 2 June 1965) is a Cameroonian Catholic prelate who serves as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Batouri, in Cameroon since 25 April 2018. Before that, from 13 Apri 1996 until 25 April 2018, he served as a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala, Cameroon. He was appointed bishop by Pope Francis. He was consecrated and installed at Batouri on 7 July 2018. The Principal Concecrator was Samuel Kleda, Archbishop of Douala.

Background and education He was born on 2 June 1965 in Logbikoy, in what is today, the Diocese of Edéa, in the Littoral Region of Cameroon. He studied philosophy and theology at the Paul VI Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Douala. Later, he earned a Licentiate in Spiritual Theology from the Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum (Teresianum), in Rome, Italy.

Priest On 13 April 1996, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Douala. He served as a priest until 25 April 2018. While a priest, he served in various roles and locations, includung: He was consecrated and installed at Batouri on 7 July 2018 by Samuel Kleda, Archbishop of Douala, assisted by Joseph Atanga, Archbishop of Bertoua and Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, Archbishop of Garoua.