Suffragan diocese Bafang, Cameroon
Diocese of Bafang
Bafangen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Bafang is a Latin Church diocese in West Province, Cameroon, erected on 26 May 2012 from the Diocese of Nkongsamba. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Douala and has been led by Bishop Abraham Kome since its erection.
On the map
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- Established
- 2012
- Catholics
- 124,193
- Priests
- 48
- Territory
- 7,229 km²
Parishes and churches
10 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Cathédrale Cœur Immaculé de Marie de Bafang/BankaBafang · CathedralView parish
- Co-Cathédrale Sainte Famille de YabassiYabassiView parish
- Paroisse anglophone Christ The KingBafangView parish
- Paroisse Saint Alphonse de NdocksambaNdocksambaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Augustin de NdogbeleNdogbeleView parish
- Paroisse Saint François Xavier de KékemKékemView parish
- Paroisse Saint Luc de Ndokovi/BafangBafangView parish
- Paroisse Saint Nicolas de Flüe de la MouméeMouméeView parish
- Paroisse Saint Pierre et Paul de BakouBakouView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Anne de BandjaBandjaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Abraham Boualo Kome
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The cathedral
Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, Bafang stands in Bafang, 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.
History
In the Haut-Nkam department of Cameroon's West Province, the Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Bafang is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang. A Latin Catholic suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of Douala, the diocese nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.