Archdiocese of Bertoua
| Archdiocese of Bertoua | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cameroon |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Atanga SJ |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Roger Pirenne CICM |
| Vicar General | Patrice Baktala |
| founding | 1983 |
| surface | 26,320 km² |
| Parishes | 37 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Residents | 345,000 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Catholics | 129,000 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| proportion of | 37.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 60 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,870 |
| Friars | 19 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| Religious sisters | 65 (2012 / AP 2013 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
English French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale de la Sainte-Famille |
| Website | http://archidiocese-bertoua.com |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Batouri Diocese of Doumé-Abong 'Mbang Diocese of Yokadouma |
The Archdiocese of Bertoua ( Latin Archidioecesis Bertuana ) is in Cameroon situated Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Bertoua .
history
The Archdiocese of Bertoua was established on March 17, 1983 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Gravissimum officium from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Doumé as the Diocese of Bertoua and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Yaoundé as a suffragan . The Diocese of Bertoua gave on May 20, 1991 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Yokadouma . Another assignment of territory took place on February 3, 1994 to establish the Batouri diocese .
On November 11, 1994, the diocese of Bertoua was raised to an archdiocese by John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Pastorali quidem .
In 2013, the Archdiocese of Bertoua transferred a priest to the laity for sexual abuse . Later this priest worked in the Archdiocese of Cologne . The Archdiocese was 2,018 ecclesiastical and criminal against the priest, who despite secularization , a letter of recommendation from Bertouas former bishop Roger Pirenne had submitted, for fraud act.
Ordinaries
Bishops of Bertoua
- Lambertus Johannes van Heygen CSSp , 1983-1994
Archbishops of Bertoua
- Lambertus Johannes van Heygen CSSp, 1983–1999
- Roger Pirenne CICM , 1999-2009
- Joseph Atanga SJ , since 2009
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Gravissimum officium , AAS 75 I (1983), n.8, p. 600f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Pastorali quidem , AAS 87 (1995), n.4, p. 337f.
- ^ Archdiocese of Cologne files criminal charges against former priests. kath.net from December 17, 2018