Diocese of Bafoussam, Cameroon

Bishop (2021.11.27 – ...):

Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné (59)

Apostolic Administrator of Yokadouma (Cameroon)

Bishops of Bafoussam (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné (59)
(2021.11.27 – ...)

Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon)
Apostolic Administrator of Yokadouma (Cameroon)

Bishop of Yokadouma (Cameroon) (2017.04.25 – 2021.11.27)

Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon) (2021.11.27 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Yokadouma (Cameroon) (2021.11.27 – ...)

Bishop Dieudonné Watio (77)
(2011.03.05 – 2021.03.19)

Bishop emeritus of Bafoussam (Cameroon)

Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1995.04.01 – 2011.03.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Bafoussam (Cameroon) (2010.03 – 2011.03.05)

Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon) (2011.03.05 – 2021.03.19)

Bishop Dieudonné Watio (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.03 – 2011.03.05)

Bishop Joseph Atanga, S.J. (70) (later Archbishop)
(1999.06.22 – 2009.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bertoua (Cameroon)

Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon) (1999.06.22 – 2009.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bertoua (Cameroon) (2009.12.03 – ...)

Bishop André Wouking (later Archbishop)
(1979.03.15 – 1998.11.27)

Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon) (1979.03.15 – 1998.11.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1993 – 1995.04.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1998.11.27 – 2002.11.10)

Bishop Denis Ngande
(1970.02.05 – 1978.02.28)

Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon) (1970.02.05 – 1978.02.28)

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Area: 13,000 km²

Population: 293,789 Catholics (13.8% of 2,126,470 total) (2020)

Statistics: 97 parishes, 170 priests (126 diocesan, 44 religious), 322 lay religious (93 brothers, 229 sisters), 73 seminarians (2020)

1970.02.05: Established as Diocese of Bafoussam / Bafussamen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nkongsamba and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1982.03.18: Became suffragan of Douala