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Suffragan diocese Bafang, Cameroon

Diocese of Bafang

Bafangen(sis)

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

Esri
Bafang, Cameroon, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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.