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Diocese of Maroua–Mokolo

Maruan(us)-Mokolen(sis)

The Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo is a Latin Church diocese in the Far North Region of Cameroon. It was established as an apostolic prefecture in 1968 and promoted to a diocese on 29 January 1973, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Garoua.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
29 January 1973
Latin
Maruan(us)-Mokolen(sis)
Annuario code
001002169

The see in figures

Catholics
95,325
Population
2,207,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
4.3%
Priests
85
Catholics per priest
1,121
Extent
14,332 km²
Catholics per km²
6.7

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
Bruno Ateba Edo
Born
20 November 1964
Birthplace
Zoetelé
Institute
SOCIETÀ DELL'APOSTOLATO CATTOLICO (PALLOTTINI)

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 Notre-Dame de l’Assomption stands in Maroua–Mokolo, 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

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Garoua.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Two Cameroonian cities, Maroua and Mokolo, together give their name to this Catholic diocese (Latin: Maruan(us)-Mokolen(sis)), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Garoua.

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Sources

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.