Diocese of Maroua–Mokolo
Maruan(us)-Mokolen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Maroua–Mokolo, Cameroon
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:
- Archdiocese of GarouaGaroua
- Diocese of NgaoundéréNgaoundéré
- Diocese of YagouaYagoua
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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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.