Buea, 15 January, 2024 / 9:27 pm (ACI Africa).
Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi of Cameroon’s Buea Diocese has lifted the prohibition on his predecessor, Bishop Emmanuel B. Bushu, from concelebrating with him and celebration Holy Mass in public in the Cameroonian Episcopal See without his “explicit permission”.
In a letter dated 22 November 2023 and circulated on January 7, Bishop Bibi cited “opposition and interference in my administration for three years now” as as some of the reasons behind the prohibition.
In a Sunday, January 14 statement, Bishop Bibi lifts the prohibition, explaining that “issues” between him and Bishop Bushu “have been amicably resolved.”
“I am hereby lifting the prohibition on the Emeritus Bishop from concelebrating with me or celebrating public Masses in the Diocese of Buea,” Bishop Bibi says in the one-page statement shared with ACI Africa.
The Local Ordinary of Buea highlights circumstances leading to his decision to lift the prohibition, saying, “On the 13th of January 2024, Bishop Bushu made a declaration in which he regretted these misunderstandings.”
