Diocese of Sangmélima
| Diocese of Sangmélima | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cameroon |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Yaoundé |
| Diocesan bishop | Christophe Zoa |
| founding | 1963 |
| surface | 20,254 km² |
| Parishes | 23 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 194,800 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 90,608 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 46.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 23 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,020 |
| Friars | 10 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 31 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Sangmélina |
The diocese Sangmélima ( lat. : Dioecesis Sangmelimaensis ) is in Cameroon situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Sangmélima .
history
The diocese Sangmélima was on January 18, 1963 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quod superno from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Douala and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Yaoundé as a suffragan . The diocese Sangmélima gave on May 20, 1991 parts of its territory to establish the diocese Ebolowa-Kribi .
Bishops of Sangmélima
- Pierre-Célestin Nkou , 1963-1983
- Jean-Baptiste Ama , 1983–1991, then Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi
- Raphaël Marie Ze , 1992-2008
- Christophe Zoa , since 2008