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Diocese of

Edéa

Cameroon Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Edéa / Edean(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Douala

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.10.15 – ...):Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (71)Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Edéa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (71)Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (71)
(2004.10.15 – ...)

Bishop of Edéa (Cameroon)

Caritas et vita

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

Bishop of Eséka (Cameroon) (1993.03.22 – 2004.10.15)

Bishop of Edéa (Cameroon) (2004.10.15 – ...)

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

Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (75)Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (75)
(Apostolic Administrator 2003.10.18 – 2004.10.15)

Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (75)Bishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (75) (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

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?)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 10,500 km²

Population: 195,537 Catholics (62.0% of 315,380 total) (2020)

Statistics: 39 parishes, 2 missions, 101 priests (98 diocesan, 3 religious), 40 lay religious (3 brothers, 37 sisters), 26 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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