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Diocese of

Bafang

Cameroon Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bafang / Bafangen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Douala

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.05.26 – ...):Bishop Abraham Boualo Kome (54)Bishop Abraham Boualo Kome (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bafang (Roman Rite)

Bishop Abraham Boualo Kome (54)Bishop Abraham Boualo Kome (54)
(2012.05.26 – ...)

Bishop of Bafang (Cameroon)

Lucem et pax

Born:1969.07.02 (Loum-ville, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1999.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:2012.07.15

Priest of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1999.12.11 – 2012.05.26)

Bishop of Bafang (Cameroon) (2012.05.26 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Bafia (Cameroon) (2017.06.06 – 2020.05.13)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (2019.05.03 – 2022.04.30)

Statistics

Area: 7,229 km²

Population: 161,466 Catholics (41.5% of 388,989 total) (2021)

Statistics: 41 parishes, 95 missions, 48 priests (diocesan), 4 religious (1 brother, 3 sisters), 31 seminarians (2021)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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