Edmond Jitangar

Edmond Jitangar (born 2 November 1952 in Bekoro, Chad) is a Bishop of the Sarh.

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Edmond Jitangar received the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood on 30 December 1978.

On 11 October 1991, Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of the Sarh. The prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Jozef Tomko announced his consecration to bishop. The consecration was completed by the bishop of Mondou, Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi and the emitted Bishop of Sarh, Henri Veniat SJ.

Bishop Jitangar was named Metropolitan Archbishop-designate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of N'Djamena, Chad, by Pope Francis on Saturday, August 20, 2016, following the death of the previous Archbishop in 2013. Archbishop-elect Jitangar will be installed as Archbishop of N'Djamena at a date in the near future.^[1]

References

↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2016/08/20/0591/01323.html

External links

Entry to http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjitangar.html on catholic-hierarchy.org

Preceded by Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi	Bishop of Sarh 1991 - 2016	Succeeded by vacant

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