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Diocese of

Buéa

Cameroon Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Buéa / Bueaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bamenda

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.01.05 – ...):Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi (51)Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Buéa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi (51)Bishop Michael Miabesue Bibi (51)
(2021.01.05 – ...)

Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon)

Born:1971.07.28 (Bamessing, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:2000.04.26
Consecrated Bishop:2017.03.25

Titular Bishop of Amudarsa (2017.01.24 – 2021.01.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (2017.01.24 – 2021.01.05)

Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon) (2021.01.05 – ...)

Bishop Emmanuel Bushu (78)Bishop Emmanuel Bushu (78)
(2006.11.30 – 2019.12.28)

Bishop emeritus of Buéa (Cameroon)

Sapientia et voluntas Dei

Born:1944.07.31 (Ngorim, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1973.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:1993.03.25

Bishop of Yagoua (Cameroon) (1992.12.17 – 2006.11.30)

Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon) (2006.11.30 – 2019.12.28)

Bishop Pius Suh Awa
(1973.01.29 – 2006.11.30)

Ut cognoscant te

Born:1930.05.04 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1961.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1971.05.30
Died:2014.02.09 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Auzegera (1971.02.20 – 1973.01.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon) (1971.02.20 – 1973.01.29)

Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon) (1973.01.29 – 2006.11.30)

Bishop Julius Joseph Willem Peeters, M.H.M.
(1962.06.04 – 1973.01.29)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:1913.02.22 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1938.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:1962.08.24
Died:2002.09.23 († 89)

Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon) (1962.06.04 – 1973.01.29)

Bishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M.
(1950.04.18 – 1961.08.18)

Born:1886.08.10 (Gibraltar)
Ordained Priest:1909.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1939.06.18
Died:1970.12.01 († 84)

Prefect Apostolic of Buéa (Cameroon) (1925 – 1939.03.15)

Titular Bishop of Acmonia (1939.03.15 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Buéa (Cameroon) (1939.03.15 – 1950.04.18)

Bishop of Buéa (Cameroon) (1950.04.18 – 1961.08.18)

Titular Bishop of Nicius (1961.08.18 – 1970.12.01)

Vicars Apostolic of Buéa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Rogan, M.H.M.
(1939.03.15 – 1950.04.18)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Buéa (Roman Rite)

Fr. Peter Rogan, M.H.M. (later Bishop)
(1925 – 1939.03.15)

(see above)

Fr. John William Campling, M.H.M. (later Bishop)
(1923.08.06 – 1925.05.13)

Born:1873.09.01 (Scotland)
Ordained Priest:1903.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:1925.08.24
Died:1961.09.23 († 88)

Prefect Apostolic of Buéa (Cameroon) (1923.08.06 – 1925.05.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile (Uganda) (1925.05.13 – 1938.02)

Titular Bishop of Comana pontica (1925.05.13 – 1961.09.23)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 2,093 km²

Population: 230,000 Catholics (36.6% of 628,460 total) (2020)

Statistics: 38 parishes, 1 mission, 77 priests (66 diocesan, 11 religious), 91 lay religious (32 brothers, 59 sisters), 56 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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