His Excellency Joachim N'Dayen | |
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Archbishop Emeritus of Bangui | |
Installed | 16 September 1970 |
Term ended | 26 July 2003 |
Predecessor | Joseph Cucherousset |
Successor | Paulin Pomodimo |
Previous post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Culusi (1968–1970) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 22 July 1961 |
Consecration | 5 January 1969 by Luigi Poggi |
Personal details | |
Born | Loko, French Equatorial Africa | 22 December 1934
Died | 13 June 2023 Paris, France | (aged 88)
Joachim N'Dayen (22 December 1934 – 13 June 2023) was a Roman Catholic archbishop in the Central African Republic. He was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui, the capital city of the Central African Republic. He became archbishop on appointment by Pope Paul VI in September 1970, when he became the first Roman Catholic archbishop in the country. He resigned in 2003 and was replaced by Paulin Pomodimo. He presided over the Coronation Mass for Emperor Bokassa I in 1977.[1]
N'Dayen died in Paris on 13 June 2023, at the age of 88.[2]