Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo
Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Cameroon |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Garoua |
Diocesan bishop | Bruno Ateba Edo SAC |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens |
founding | 1968 |
surface | 14,332 km² |
Parishes | 43 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 1,874,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 72,990 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 3.9% |
Diocesan priest | 51 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 22 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,000 |
Permanent deacons | 10 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Friars | 34 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 105 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
English French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo ( lat. : Dioecesis Maruanus-Mokolensis ) is in Cameroon situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Maroua .
history
The diocese of Maroua-Mokolo was on March 11, 1968 by Pope Paul VI. from the cession of territory of the Diocese of Garoua as Apostolic Prefecture Maroua-Mokolo established. On January 29, 1973 the Apostolic Prefecture Maroua-Mokolo was by Paul VI. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the archdiocese of Yaoundé as a suffragan . The diocese of Maroua-Mokolo was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Garoua as a suffragan on March 18, 1982.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Maroua-Mokolo
- Jacques Joseph François de Bernon OMI , 1968–1973
Bishops of Maroua-Mokolo
- Jacques Joseph François de Bernon OMI, 1973–1994
- Philippe Albert Joseph Stevens , 1994–2014
- Bruno Ateba Edo SAC , since 2014