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Diocese of Ngaoundéré

Dioecesis Ngaunderensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Emmanuel Abbo, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 19 November 1982
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Garoua
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Cameroon
  • Square Kilometers: 63,701 (24,604 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, B.P. 513, Ngaoundere, Cameroun
  • Telephone: 693.98.54.33

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
19 November 1982ErectedArchdiocese of Garoua (Adamaoua and Mbam and Djerem) Diocese of Ngaoundéré (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199024,019422,0005.7%529347061364018ap1991
199933,591655,7065.1%627331,0171376119ap2000
200034,485655,7065.3%728359851346219ap2001
200135,078655,7065.3%824321,0961326219ap2002
200235,078655,7065.3%924331,0621326218ap2003
200335,110655,7065.4%1025351,003326421ap2004
200435,500655,7065.4%142640887375321ap2005
201342,642775,0005.5%311243991144424ap2014
201645,0541,027,0004.4%238311,45384625ap2017
201947,6001,125,3004.2%2510351,360114626ap2020
202156,4821,200,0004.7%2613391,4481165426ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 75, Page 199, and Page 200

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