Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Yaunden(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Yaoundé, Cameroon
The Archdiocese of Yaounde is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Yaounde in Cameroon, erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1890 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 14 September 1955. Its archbishop since 2014 is Jean Mbarga.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Yaunden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000197
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,506,620
- Population
- 3,227,830
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 46.7%
- Priests
- 732
- Catholics per priest
- 2,058
- Extent
- 4,964 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 304
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
- Jean Mbarga
- Born
- 18 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Ebolmedzo
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 Notre-Dame des Victoires, Yaounde stands in Yaoundé, 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 Yaounde
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EbolowaEbolowa
- Diocese of MbalmayoMbalmayo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon has as its Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé (Latin: Yaunden(sis)).
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Archevêché, B.P. 207, Yaoundé, Cameroun
- Telephone
- 242.011.048
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.