Cornelius Fontem Esua is a Cameroonian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Esua received his episcopal consecration on the following December 8 from archbishop Donato Squicciarini, the then apostolic nuncio to Cameroon, with the then recently appointed archbishop of Bamenda, Paul Mbiybe Verdzekov, and the bishop of Buéa, Pius Suh Awa, serving as co-consecrators.
[2] Esua expressed his full intentions as Chief Pastor to advocate doctrinal views on issues like the Nkuv Affair.
Esua and the other bishops of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province (BAPEC), issued a letter to all of the Christians concerning the sacrament of marriage and HIV/AIDS.
All the bishops requested that before the publication of marriage banns, couples must present to the parish priest a valid and authentic medical certificate showing that they have done HIV/AIDS screening.