Archdiocese of Yaoundé
| Archdiocese of Yaoundé | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cameroon |
| Diocesan bishop | Jean Mbarga |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot |
| founding | 1890 |
| surface | 4,964 km² |
| Parishes | 123 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 1,576,200 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 693,800 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 44% |
| Diocesan priest | 110 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 190 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,313 |
| Friars | 346 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 443 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French English |
| cathedral | Notre Dame des Victoires |
| Website | Archdiocese of Yaoundé |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Bafia Diocese of Ebolowa Diocese of Kribi Diocese of Mbalmayo Diocese of Obala Diocese of Sangmélima |
The Archdiocese of Yaoundé or Yaunde ( Latin : Archidioecesis Yaundensis ) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Yaoundé (Yaounde), Cameroon .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroon on March 18, 1890 from the cession of territory of the Apostolic Prefecture of the two Guineas . On January 2, 1905, she became the Apostolic Vicariate . On June 12, 1923 this lost parts of its territory to the Apostolic Prefecture Buéa and on March 31, 1931 to the Apostolic Prefecture Douala . With the Breve Sub anulo Piscatoris on April 3, 1931, it took the name Apostolic Vicariate Yaoundé. On March 3, 1949, it lost part of its territory to the Vicariate Apostolic Doumé .
The elevation to the Metropolitan Archbishopric took place on September 14, 1955 with the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis . On June 24, 1961, July 6, 1965 and July 3, 1987 it lost further parts of its territory to the Diocese of Mbalmayo , the Apostolic Prefecture of Bafia and the Diocese of Obala .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Cameroon
- Heinrich Vieter SAC (March 18, 1890 - January 2, 1905)
Vicars Apostolic of Cameroon
- Heinrich Vieter SAC (January 2, 1905 - November 7, 1914)
- Franziskus Xaver Hennemann SAC (November 7, 1914; consecrated bishop in Cameroon, then stay in Germany; as a result of the First World War he could not return to Cameroon; in 1916 all other German missionaries were also expelled from Cameroon; June 26, 1922 Apostolic Prefect of Chap of Good Hope, Central District )
- François-Xavier Vogt CSSp (May 19, 1923 - April 3, 1931)
Vicars Apostolic of Yaoundé
- François-Xavier Vogt CSSp (April 3, 1931 - March 4, 1943)
- René Graffin CSSp (March 4, 1943 - September 14, 1955)
Archbishops of Yaoundé
- René Graffin CSSp (September 14, 1955 - September 6, 1961)
- Jean Zoa (September 11, 1961 - March 20, 1998)
- André Wouking (November 27, 1998 - November 10, 2002)
- Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (October 18, 2003 - July 29, 2013)
- Jean Mbarga (since October 31, 2014)
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Yaoundé on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Archdiocese of Yaoundé on gcatholic.org (English)