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Diocese of

Batouri

Cameroon Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 15,981 km²

Population: 49,600 Catholics (22.6% of 219,000 total) (2018)

Statistics: 14 parishes, 32 priests (29 diocesan, 3 religious), 50 lay religious (5 brothers, 45 sisters), 10 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bertoua

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

History

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.04.25 – ...):Bishop Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb (55)Bishop Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Batouri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb (55)Bishop Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb (55)Permalink
(2018.04.25 – ...)

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon)

Born:1965.06.02 (Logbikoy, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1996.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:2018.07.07

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon) (2018.04.25 – ...)

Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M. (56)Bishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M. (56) (later Archbishop)Permalink
(2009.12.03 – 2016.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon)

Christus pax nostra

Born:1964.07.26 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1997.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:2010.01.31

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon) (2009.12.03 – 2016.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon) (2016.10.22 – ...)

Fr. Vital Pierre NkenlifackPermalink
(Apostolic Administrator 2008.01 – 2009.12.03)

Archbishop Samuel Kleda (62)Bishop Samuel Kleda (62) (later Archbishop)Permalink
(2000.10.23 – 2007.11.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon)

Amore omnia vincit

Born:1959 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1986.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:2001.02.18

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon) (2000.10.23 – 2007.11.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon) (2007.11.03 – 2009.11.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon) (2009.11.17 – ...)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (2013.04 – 2019.05.03)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region (2014.07.13 – 2017.07.15)

Archbishop Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. (86)Bishop Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. (86) (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1994.02.03 – 1999.06.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bertoua (Cameroon)

Gardien de la vérité

Born:1934.08.09 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1958.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:1994.05.22

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon) (1994.02.03 – 1999.06.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (Cameroon) (1995 – 1997.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bertoua (Cameroon) (1999.06.03 – 2009.12.03)

as of 2021.04.16

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