Diocese of Batouri
Baturien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Batouri, Cameroon
The Diocese of Batouri is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in eastern Cameroon, erected in 1994 from territory of the Diocese of Bertoua. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Bertoua.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 February 1994
- Latin
- Baturien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000854
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 47,000
- Population
- 220,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 21.4%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 1,382
- Extent
- 15,981 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.9
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
- Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb
- Born
- 2 June 1965
- Birthplace
- Logbikoy
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
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de l'Immaculee Conception stands in Batouri, 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 Bertoua
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bertoua.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BertouaBertoua
- Diocese of Doumé–Abong’ MbangDoumé–Abong’ Mbang
- Diocese of YokadoumaYokadouma
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Batouri, a city in Cameroon's ecclesiastical province of Bertoua, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Baturien(sis)) centered on the Cathédrale Notre-Dame there. Its territory spans 15,981 square kilometers and holds 205,000 inhabitants, of whom 47,000 are Catholics, served by 11 parishes and 27 priests (21 diocesan, 2 religious, and 4 Fidei donum), alongside 13 religious brothers, 17 seminarians, and 31 religious sisters.
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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.