# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-victor-tonye-bakot
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:59:25.394Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-victor-tonye-bakot"
name: "Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot"
slug: "simon-victor-tonye-bakot"
description: "Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot is a Cameroonian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé, in Cameroon from 18 October 2003 until his early resignation on 29 July 2013. Before that, from 22 March 1993 until 18 October 2003, he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Edéa, Cameroon. From 26 January 1987 until 22 March 1993, he served as auxiliary bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Douala. He concurrently served as Titular Bishop of Siminina, while auxiliary bishop. He was appointed by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated by Donato Squicciarini, Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia, on 26 April 1987, at Douala."
tagline: "Cameroonian Roman catholic bishop"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1947-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             30
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump