Diocese of Ngaoundéré
Ngaunderen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
The Diocese of Ngaoundéré is a Latin Rite diocese in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon, established in 1982 from the Archdiocese of Garoua. It is a suffragan of Garoua and has been led by Bishop Emmanuel Abbo since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 November 1982
- Latin
- Ngaunderen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002384
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 56,482
- Population
- 1,259,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.5%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 1,448
- Extent
- 63,701 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Emmanuel Abbo
- Born
- 17 July 1969
- Birthplace
- Mbe
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 des Apôtres stands in Ngaoundéré, 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 Maroua–MokoloMaroua–Mokolo
- Diocese of YagouaYagoua
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Ngaoundéré in Cameroon is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ngaoundéré (Latin: Ngaunderen(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Garoua.
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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.