Diocese of Bafang
Bafangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bafang, Cameroon
The Diocese of Bafang is a Latin Church diocese in West Province, Cameroon, erected on 26 May 2012 from the Diocese of Nkongsamba. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Douala and has been led by Bishop Abraham Kome since its erection.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 May 2012
- Latin
- Bafangen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000779
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 124,193
- Population
- 388,989
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 31.9%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 2,587
- Extent
- 7,229 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Abraham Boualo Kome
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, Bafang stands in Bafang, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Douala
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Douala.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DoualaDouala
- Diocese of BafoussamBafoussam
- Diocese of EdéaEdéa
- Diocese of EsékaEséka
- Diocese of NkongsambaNkongsamba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Haut-Nkam department of Cameroon's West Province, the Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Bafang is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang. A Latin Catholic suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of Douala, the diocese nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.