Bishop Benoit Balla: Catholic Church identifies corpse of Bafia Bishop

In a communiqué signed on 17 July 2017 by Archbishop Samuel Kleda, the President of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, it was revealed that the dead body of the Bafia Bishop had been presented to the authorities of the Catholic Church at the General hospital in Yaounde.

“Today the 17^th of July 2017, We, His Excellency Samuel Kleda Archbishop of Douala and President of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (CENC), His Excellency Jean Mbarga the Archbishop of Yaounde, His Excellency Kome Abraham the Bishop of Bafang and the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Bafia, proceeded for the identification of the corpse of Bishop Jean Marie Benoit Bala, at the Yaounde General hospital.

His remains were brought to our disposal, so that we could start organising the funeral which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 02 and Thursday 03 August 2017 at Bafia according to a program which will still be communicated to the public.

Afterwards, the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon will now forward a case against X for the assassination of His Lordship Jean Marie Benoit Bala.

This document will be sent to a college of lawyers who will represent us henceforth in the search for the truth.

Let us stay united in this pain as we pray for the eternal repose of the soul of Bishop Benoit.” That is the content of the Communiqué that His Excellency Samuel Kleda signed.