Archdiocese of Garoua
Garuen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Garoua, Cameroon
Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Garoua, northern Cameroon, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1947 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1982. It is led by Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo and oversees the suffragan dioceses of Maroua-Mokolo, Ngaoundere, and Yagoua.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 1982
- Latin
- Garuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001001470
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 201,828
- Population
- 2,117,400
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.5%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 2,492
- Extent
- 65,234 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
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
- Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo
- Born
- 26 July 1964
- Birthplace
- Ekouda
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (MISSIONARI DI SCHEUT)
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 Sainte-Therese stands in Garoua, 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 Garoua
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Maroua–MokoloMaroua–Mokolo
- Diocese of NgaoundéréNgaoundéré
- Diocese of YagouaYagoua
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Archevêché, B.P. 272, Garoua, Cameroun
- Telephone
- 222.271.353
- archigaroua@yahoo.fr
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.