Edmond Jitangar

Goetbé Edmond Jitangar
Archbishop of N'Djaména
Jitangar in 2017
Native name	Goetbé Edmond Djitangar
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of N'Djaména
Appointed	20 August 2016
Predecessor	Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi
Previous post	Bishop of Sarh (1991-2016)
Orders
Ordination	30 December 1978
Consecration	2 February 1992 by Jozef Tomko
Personal details
Born	(1952-11-02) 2 November 1952 Bokoro, Territory of Chad, French Equatorial Africa, French Empire

Goetbé Edmond Jitangar (born 2 November 1952 in Bokoro, Chad) is a Chadian Roman Catholic bishop. He was Bishop of the Sarh, from 1991 to 2016, and has been Metropolitan Archbishop of N'Djamena since 2016.

Career

Jitangar received the 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, 20 August 2016, following the death of the previous Archbishop in 2013. Jitangar was installed as Metropolitan Archbishop of N'Djamena on 15 October 2016.

External links

• Entry to Archbishop Goetbé Edmond Djitangar [Catholic-Hierarchy] on catholic-hierarchy.org