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Diocese of

Obala

Cameroon Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Obala / Obalan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Yaoundé

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.12.03 – ...):Bishop Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei (58)Bishop Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Obala (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei (58)Bishop Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei (58)
(2009.12.03 – ...)

Bishop of Obala (Cameroon)

Fais-mois un instrument de paix

Born:1964.12.26 (Matomb, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1994.02.12
Consecrated Bishop:2010.02.02

Bishop of Obala (Cameroon) (2009.12.03 – ...)

Bishop Jérôme Owono-Mimboe
(1987.07.03 – 2009.12.03)

Born:1933.02.04 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1962.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:1987.09.06
Died:2016.07.15 († 83)

Bishop of Obala (Cameroon) (1987.07.03 – 2009.12.03)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 14,849 km²

Population: 551,740 Catholics (58.9% of 936,110 total) (2018)

Statistics: 62 parishes, 1 mission, 151 priests (115 diocesan, 36 religious), 273 lay religious (179 brothers, 94 sisters), 82 seminarians (2018)

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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