Diocese of Bafia
Bafien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bafia, Cameroon
The Diocese of Bafia is a Latin Church diocese in Cameroon, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1965 and promoted to a diocese on 11 January 1968. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yaoundé and has been led by Bishop Emmanuel Dassi Youfang since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 January 1968
- Latin
- Bafien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Sebastian
- Annuario code
- 001000781
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 265,528
- Population
- 532,405
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 49.9%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 4,023
- Extent
- 34,615 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.7
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
- Emmanuel Dassi Youfang
- Born
- 7 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Baham
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 Saint-Sébastien, Bafia stands in Bafia, 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 Yaoundé
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Yaoundé.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KribiKribi
- Diocese of ObalaObala
- Diocese of SangmélimaSangmélima
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Bafia in Cameroon gives its name and seat to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafia (Latin: Bafien(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.