Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.10.31 – ...):

Archbishop Jean Mbarga (66)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Yaoundé (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jean Mbarga (66)
(2014.10.31 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon)

Born:	1956.05.18 (Ebolmedzo, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.12.05

Bishop of Ebolowa–Kribi (Cameroon) (2004.10.15 – 2008.06.19)

Bishop of Ebolowa (Cameroon) (2008.06.19 – 2014.10.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (2013.07.29 – 2014.10.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (2014.10.31 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Ebolowa (Cameroon) (2014.11.29 – 2016.10.22)

Bishop Jean Mbarga (66) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.07.29 – 2014.10.31)

Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (76)
(2003.10.18 – 2013.07.29)

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

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?)

Archbishop André Wouking
(1998.11.27 – 2002.11.10)

Born:	1930.06.14 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1961.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.06.09
Died:	2002.11.10 († 72)

Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon) (1979.03.15 – 1998.11.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1993 – 1995.04.01)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (1994 – 2000)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1998.11.27 – 2002.11.10)

Archbishop Jean Zoa
(1961.09.11 – 1998.03.20)

Born:	1924 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1950.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.12.21
Died:	1998.03.20 († 74)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1961.09.11 – 1998.03.20)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (1970 – 1976)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (1982 – 1985)

Archbishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp.
(1955.09.14 – 1961.09.06)

Born:	1899.05.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1925.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.03.19
Died:	1967.04.16 († 67)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1931.12.14 – 1943.03.04)

Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis (1931.12.14 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1943.03.04 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Doumé (Cameroon) (1949.03.03 – 1951)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1955.09.14 – 1961.09.06)

Titular Archbishop of Misthia (1961.09.06 – 1967.04.16)

Vicars Apostolic of Yaoundé (Roman Rite)

Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop)
(1943.03.04 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp.
(1931.04.03 – 1943.03.04)

Born:	1870.12.03 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1899
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.10.14
Died:	1943.03.04 († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Bagamoyo (Tanzania) (1906.07.25 – 1923.05.19)

Titular Bishop of Celenderis (1906.07.25 – 1943.03.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Cameroun (Cameroon) (1922.04 – 1923.05.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon) (1923.05.19 – 1931.04.03)

Vicar Apostolic of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1931.04.03 – 1943.03.04)

Vicars Apostolic of Cameroun (Roman Rite)

Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp.
(1923.05.19 – 1931.04.03)

(see above)

Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp.
(Apostolic Administrator 1922.04 – 1923.05.19)

Bishop Francis Hennemann, S.A.C.
(1914.11.07 – 1922.06.26)

Born:	1882.10.27 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1907.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.04.26
Died:	1951.01.17 († 68)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon) (1913.07.16 – 1914.11.07)

Titular Bishop of Coptus (1913.07.16 – 1951.01.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon) (1914.11.07 – 1922.06.26)

Prefect Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Central District (South Africa) (1922.06.26 – 1933.06.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope, Western District (South Africa) (1933.06.30 – 1939.06.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Cape Town (South Africa) (1939.06.13 – 1949)

Bishop Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C.
(1905.01.02 – 1914.11.07)

Born:	1853.02.13 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1887?
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.01.22
Died:	1914.11.07 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Parætonium (1905.01.02 – 1914.11.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Cameroun (Cameroon) (1905.01.02 – 1914.11.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop) (1931.12.14 – 1943.03.04)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Francis Hennemann, S.A.C. (1913.07.16 – 1914.11.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Christophe Zoa (61) (2006.11.30 – 2008.12.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Baptiste Ama (1974.12.12 – 1983.07.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Etoga (1955.07.03 – 1961.06.24)

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Statistics

Area: 4,964 km²

Population: 1,371,213 Catholics (44.6% of 3,075,300 total) (2020)

Statistics: 166 parishes, 63 missions, 722 priests (285 diocesan, 437 religious), 2,090 lay religious (914 brothers, 1,176 sisters), 101 seminarians (2020)

History

1890.03.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroun (from Apostolic Vicariate of Deux Guinées)
1905.01.02: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun
1914.04.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Adamaua
1923.06.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Buéa
1931.03.31: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Douala
1931.04.03: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé / Yaunden(sis) (Latin)
1949.03.03: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Doumé
1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé / Yaunden(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Douala, Doumé, Garoua and Nkongsamba)
1961.06.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mbalmayo and gained suffragan see Mbalmayo
1962.06.05: Gained suffragan see Buéa
1963.01.18: Gained suffragan see Sangmélima
1965.07.06: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bafia
1968.01.11: Gained suffragan see Bafia
1970.02.05: Gained suffragan see Bafoussam
1970.08.13: Gained suffragan see Bamenda
1973.01.29: Gained suffragan sees Maroua–Mokolo and Yagoua
1982.03.18: Lost suffragan sees Bafoussam, Bamenda, Buéa, Douala, Garoua, Maroua–Mokolo, Nkongsamba and Yagoua
1983.03.17: Gained suffragan see Bertoua
1987.07.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Obala and gained suffragan see Obala
1991.05.20: Gained suffragan sees Ebolowa–Kribi and Yokadouma
1994.02.03: Gained suffragan see Batouri
1994.11.11: Lost suffragan sees Batouri, Bertoua, Doumé–Abong’ Mbang and Yokadouma
2008.06.19: Gained suffragan see Kribi