Archdiocese of Bertoua
Bertuan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bertoua, Cameroon
The Archdiocese of Bertoua is a Latin Catholic metropolitan see in eastern Cameroon, erected as a diocese in 1983 from the Diocese of Doume and elevated to an archdiocese in 1994. Its suffragans are Batouri, Doume-Abong' Mbang, and Yokadouma.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 November 1994
- Latin
- Bertuan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000892
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 253,000
- Population
- 420,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 60.2%
- Priests
- 116
- Catholics per priest
- 2,181
- Extent
- 26,320 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.6
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
- Archbishop
- Joseph Atanga, S.J.
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
Holy Family Cathedral stands in Bertoua, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BatouriBatouri
- Diocese of Doumé–Abong’ MbangDoumé–Abong’ Mbang
- Diocese of YokadoumaYokadouma
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Archevêché, B.P. 40, Bertoua, Cameroun
- Telephone
- 699.971.139
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.