Albert Ndongmo
Albert Ndongmo was Bishop of Nkongsamba in Cameroon between June 1964 and January 1973. In 1971 he was arrested, accused of treasonous dealings with rebels, and sentenced to death by a military tribunal. His sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment, of which he served five years before the President ordered his release. After being released he moved to Rome and then to Canada, where he spent the rest of his life.
Albert Ndongmo was born onSeptember 1926 in Bafou, French Cameroons, near Dschang, to a Christian family of Bamilk people. OnSeptember 1940 he entered the small seminary at Melong, against the wishes of his parents. In January 1947 he was admitted to the large seminary at Mvoly. A year later Castor Osend Afana came to the Mvoly seminary, and the two became close friends. Ndongmo was ordained onDecember 1955 at Nkongsamba. He was appointed chaplain of the Nkongsamba diocese in 1959.
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