Raphaël Marie Ze

Raphaël Marie Ze (* November 4, 1932 in Alangana; † 6 September 2011 in Yaoundé ) was a Cameroonian minister and Roman Catholic Bishop of Sangmélima.

Life

Raphaël Marie Ze received on 29 April 1962, the ordination.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on 23 January 1992 on the Bishop of the diocese Sangmélima. The Apostolic Pro- Nuncio to Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Santos Abril y Castelló, consecrated him on April 25th of that year to the bishop; Were co-consecrators Ildefonso Obama Obono, Archbishop of Malabo, and Jean -Baptiste Ama, Bishop of Ebolowa - Kribi.

In 2006, it was announced Raphaël Marie Ze in Germany, as in conflict with the German government, he demanded as head of the diocese Sangmélima the issuance of 10 284 gold bonds of the Weimar Republic.

On 4 December 2008, Pope Benedict XVI. its age-related resignation.