Diocese of Yagoua
| Diocese of Yagoua | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cameroon |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Garoua |
| Diocesan bishop | Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo |
| founding | 1968 |
| surface | 22,461 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,519,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 159,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 10.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,975 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 18 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 62 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Sainte-Anne |
| Website | http://diocesedeyagoua.org/ |
The Diocese of Yagoua ( lat. : Dioecesis Yaguanus ) is in Cameroon situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Yagoua .
history
The diocese of Yagoua was on March 11, 1968 by Pope Paul VI. established from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Garoua as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yagoua . On January 29, 1973, the Apostolic Prefecture Yagoua was by Paul VI. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the archdiocese of Yaoundé as a suffragan . The diocese of Yagoua was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Garoua as a suffragan on March 18, 1982.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Yagoua
- Louis Charpenet OMI , 1968-1973
Bishops of Yagoua
- Louis Charpenet OMI, 1973-1977
- Christian Wiyghan Tumi , 1979–1982, then coadjutor archbishop of Garoua
- Antoine Ntalou , 1982–1992, then Archbishop of Garoua
- Emmanuel Bushu , 1992–2006, then Bishop of Buéa
- Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo , since 2008