Diocese of Edéa, Cameroon 🇨🇲

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Edéa / Edean(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Douala

Neighbouring Dioceses: Douala (←), Eséka (→), Mbalmayo (→), Ebolowa (↘), Kribi (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1993.03.22: Established as Diocese of Edéa / Edean(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala and became suffragan of Douala)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2026.06.04 – ...):

Msgr. Paul Nyaga Nwaha

Priest of Douala (Cameroon)

General Secretary of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon

Chaplain of His Holiness

Ordinaries

Bishops of Edéa (Roman Rite)

Msgr. Paul Nyaga Nwaha
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.06.04 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (75)
(2004.10.15 – 2026.06.04)

Bishop emeritus of Edéa (Cameroon)

Caritas et vita

Born:	1951.04.03 (Hikoamaen, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1979.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.07.04

Priest of Mbalmayo (Cameroon) (1979.03.25 – 1993.03.22)

Bishop of Eséka (Cameroon) (1993.03.22 – 2004.10.15)

Bishop of Edéa (Cameroon) (2004.10.15 – 2026.06.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Kribi (Cameroon) (2014.06.06 – 2015.11.07)

Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (79)
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.10.18 – 2004.10.15)

Bishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (79) (later Archbishop)
(1993.03.22 – 2003.10.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Par ses mots, nous sommes guéris

Born:	1947.03.24 (Eséka, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.04.26

Priest of Douala (Cameroon) (1973.07.15 – 1987.01.26)

Titular Bishop of Siminina (1987.01.26 – 1993.03.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Douala (Cameroon) (1987.01.26 – 1993.03.22)

Bishop of Edéa (Cameroon) (1993.03.22 – 2003.10.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Edéa (Cameroon) (2003.10.18 – 2004.10.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (2003.10.18 – 2013.07.29)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (2004.02 – 2008?)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sacré-Cœur, Mbanda, Littoral

Douala (←), Eséka (→), Mbalmayo (→), Ebolowa (↘), Kribi (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,500 km²

Population: 185,368 Catholics (60.8% of 305,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 96 priests (93 diocesan, 3 religious), 49 religious (4 brothers, 45 sisters), 29 seminarians