Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
Appointment of deputy director of the Holy See Press Office
Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Bamenda, Cameroon
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend John Berinyuy Tata, until now rector of the Catholic University of Cameroon in Bamenda, as auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bamenda, Cameroon, assigning him the titular see of Casae Nigrae.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. John Berinyuy Tata was born on 18 December 1975 in Mbuluf-Shisong, in the diocese of Kumbo. He studied philosophy and theology at Saint Thomas Aquinas Interdiocesan Major Seminary in Bambui, Bamenda.
He was ordained a priest on 30 March 2005.
After ordination, he held the roles of parish vicar of Saint Joseph in Bafut (2005-2006) and parish priest of Saint Patrick in Babanki-Tungo (2006-2010). He studied spirituality at the Dominican monastery of Bambui, and was awarded a doctorate in theology, specializing in Christian anthropology, at the Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum in Rome. He went on to serve as spiritual director and lecturer at Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Bambui, chaplain of the diocesan Charismatic Movement, and, to date, rector of the Catholic University of Cameroon in Bamenda.
Appointment of deputy director of the Holy See Press Office
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Sr. Nina Benedikta Krapić, M.V.Z., until now official of the Dicastery for Communication, as deputy director of the Holy See Press Office. Sr. Krapić will enter into office on 1 March.
Curriculum vitae
Sr. Nina Benedikta Krapić, M.V.Z., was born in Rijeka, Croatia, on 7 June 1989. She was awarded a degree in jurisprudence from the University of Rijeka in 2015, and specialized in public relations at the University of Zagreb in 2023. She gave her vows in the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul on 13 August 2023. She has worked as a journalist and as a legal advisor for women victims of domestic violence and other marginalized people. She held the office of Head of Communication of the Archdiocese of Rijeka. Since 2023 she has served as official of the Dicastery for Communication and is undertaking a doctorate in social sciences at the Collegium Maximum of the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.
