Diocese of Obala
| Diocese of Obala | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cameroon |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Yaoundé |
| Diocesan bishop | Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei |
| founding | 1987 |
| surface | 14,849 km² |
| Parishes | 53 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 630,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 407.865 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 64.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 73 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,974 |
| Friars | 362 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 41 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
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The diocese of Obala ( lat. : Dioecesis Obalanus ) is in Cameroon situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Obala .
history
The Diocese of Obala was established on July 3, 1987 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ad spirituale bonum from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Yaoundé and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Obala
- Jérôme Owono-Mimboe , 1987-2009
- Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei , since 2009
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad spirituale bonum , AAS 79 (1987), n.11, pp. 1355f.