Archdiocese of Garoua
| Archdiocese of Garoua | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cameroon |
| Diocesan bishop | Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo CICM (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Antoine Ntalou |
| founding | 1947 |
| surface | 65,234 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 1,135,072 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 92,400 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 8.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 24 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,566 |
| Friars | 34 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 95 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French English |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse |
| Website | http://archidiocesegaroua.com |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo Diocese of Ngaoundéré Diocese of Yagoua |
The Archdiocese of Garoua ( Latin Archidioecesis Garuensis ) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Garoua in Cameroon .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Garoua on January 9, 1947 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Foumban . On March 24, 1953, she was raised to the rank of Vicariate Apostolic .
With the bull Dum tantis on April 18, 1950, it was raised to the rank of diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Yaoundé as a suffragan diocese. With the Apostolic Constitution Eo magis catholica on March 18, 1982 it was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- May 17, 1951 to the Moundou Apostolic Prefecture ;
- December 19, 1956 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Pala ;
- March 11, 1968 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Maroua-Mokolo ;
- March 11, 1968 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Yagoua ;
- November 19, 1982 to the diocese of Ngaoundéré .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Garoua
- Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey OMI (March 25, 1947 - March 24, 1953)
Vicar Apostolic of Garoua
- Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey OMI (March 24, 1953 - September 14, 1955)
Bishop of Garoua
- Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey OMI (September 14, 1955 - March 18, 1982)
Archbishops of Garoua
- Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey OMI (March 18, 1982 - March 17, 1984, resigned)
- Christian Wiyghan Cardinal Tumi (March 17, 1984 - August 31, 1991, then Archbishop of Douala )
- Antoine Ntalou , (January 23, 1992– October 22, 2016)
- Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo CICM , (since October 22, 2016)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1950 | 1,500 | 1,200,000 | 0.1 | 27 | 27 | 55 | 8th | 10 | |||
| 1970 | 14,395 | 551.431 | 2.6 | 51 | 5 | 46 | 282 | 53 | 41 | ||
| 1980 | 38,238 | 858,000 | 4.5 | 66 | 3 | 63 | 579 | 1 | 70 | 73 | 32 |
| 1990 | 56,267 | 630,000 | 8.9 | 56 | 11 | 45 | 1.004 | 50 | 56 | 19th | |
| 1999 | 77,652 | 1,100,000 | 7.1 | 54 | 18th | 36 | 1,438 | 42 | 83 | 21st | |
| 2000 | 80,805 | 1,100,000 | 7.3 | 54 | 18th | 36 | 1,496 | 41 | 85 | 21st | |
| 2001 | 89.287 | 1,100,000 | 8.1 | 55 | 20th | 35 | 1,623 | 39 | 91 | 21st | |
| 2002 | 90.265 | 1,100,000 | 8.2 | 72 | 21st | 51 | 1,253 | 54 | 100 | 21st | |
| 2003 | 93.195 | 1,129,874 | 8.2 | 50 | 21st | 29 | 1,863 | 35 | 101 | 21st | |
| 2004 | 87,884 | 1,122,660 | 7.8 | 50 | 24 | 26th | 1,757 | 36 | 89 | 21st | |
| 2006 | 92,400 | 1,135,072 | 8.1 | 59 | 35 | 24 | 1,566 | 34 | 95 | 22nd | |
See also
Web links
Commons : Archdiocese of Garoua - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on Archdiocese of Garoua on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Archdiocese of Garoua on gcatholic.org (English)