Xavier Yombandje

François Xavier Yombandje
Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Bossangoa
In office3 April 2004 – 16 May 2009
PredecessorPaulin Pomodimo
SuccessorNestor-Désiré Nongo-Aziagbia
Previous postBishop of Kaga-Bandoro (1997-2004)
Orders
Ordination22 September 1985
Consecration26 October 1997
by Joachim N'Dayen
Personal details
Born (1956-07-09) 9 July 1956
Koumra, Moyen-Chari, Colony of Chad, French Equatorial Africa, French Empire

François Xavier Yombandje (born 9 July 1956, in Koumra) is a former Central African Roman Catholic bishop.

Yombandje was born on 9 July 1956, in Koumra, Chad. He was ordained a priest in 1985. In 1997 he became bishop of Kaga-Bandoro and in 2004 of Bossangoa. He was chairman of the Central African Episcopal Conference.

Yombandje resigned from his pastoral duties on 16 May 2009, after a Vatican investigation found that many local priests had violated their vows of chastity, poverty and obedience. Yombandje was also specifically cited for having a common-law wife. A few weeks later the archbishop of Bangui, Paulin Pomodimo, resigned as well.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Vatican investigation rebukes Central African Republic’s priests over celibacy violations CatholicCulture.org (retrieved March 7, 2011)
  2. ↑ Central Africa: “Priests strike” in protest at the resignation of the archbishop of Bangui Documentation Information Catholiques Internationales (retrieved March 7, 2011)
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