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Diocese of

Bafia

Cameroon Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Yaoundé

History

  • 1965.07.06: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bafia / Bafien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé)
  • 1968.01.11: Promoted as Diocese of Bafia / Bafien(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.05.03 – ...):Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Bala (53)Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Bala (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bafia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Bala (53)Bishop Jean-Marie Benoît Bala (53)
(2003.05.03 – ...)

Born:1959.05.10 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1987.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:2003.07.12

Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon) (2003.05.03 – ...)

Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. (86)Bishop Athanase Bala, C.S.Sp. (86)
(1977.12.21 – 2003.05.03)

Born:1927.03.02 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1955.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:1976.09.26

Titular Bishop of Gegi (1976.05.31 – 1977.12.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon) (1976.05.31 – 1977.12.21)

Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon) (1977.12.21 – 2003.05.03)

Bishop André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp.
(1968.01.11 – 1977.12.21)

Born:1916.09.16 (France)
Ordained Priest:1938.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:1968.03.19
Died:1998.03.30 († 81)

Prefect Apostolic of Bafia (Cameroon) (1965.07.14 – 1968.01.11)

Bishop of Bafia (Cameroon) (1968.01.11 – 1977.12.21)

Prefects Apostolic of Bafia (Roman Rite)

Fr. André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. (later Bishop)
(1965.07.14 – 1968.01.11)

(see above)

Former Prelates


as of 2013.05.03

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