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Diocese of

Kumbo

Cameroon Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kumbo / Kumboën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bamenda

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.07.08 – ...):Bishop George Nkuo (70)Bishop George Nkuo (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kumbo (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Nkuo (70)Bishop George Nkuo (70)
(2006.07.08 – ...)

Bishop of Kumbo (Cameroon)

Deus caritas est

Born:1953.02.27 (Njiniikom, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1981.04.26
Consecrated Bishop:2006.09.08

Bishop of Kumbo (Cameroon) (2006.07.08 – ...)

Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua (79)Bishop Cornelius Fontem Esua (79) (later Archbishop)
(1982.09.10 – 2004.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamenda (Cameroon)

Sermo tuus veritas est

Born:1943.07.02 (Mbetta, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1971.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:1982.12.08

Bishop of Kumbo (Cameroon) (1982.09.10 – 2004.12.07)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (2000 – 2004)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (2004.12.07 – 2006.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (2006.01.23 – 2019.12.30)

Statistics

Area: 8,600 km²

Population: 137,591 Catholics (14.4% of 953,250 total) (2020)

Statistics: 39 parishes, 103 priests (74 diocesan, 29 religious), 255 lay religious (77 brothers, 178 sisters), 147 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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