He was consecrated as bishop by Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, Archbishop Donato Squicciarini and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church on April 26 of the same year.
[1] Because of Simo's origin from the ethnic group of Bamileke it came in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala to protests of a majority of local priests against his appointment, who criticized a "Bamilekisation" the church hierarchy in Cameroon.
Pope Francis accepted his age-related retirement on 14 September 2013.
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