Diocese of Bafang
Bafangen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bafang, Cameroon
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 May 2012
- Latin
- Bafangen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000779
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 124,193
- Extent
- 7,229 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Abraham Boualo Kome
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 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.
The province of Douala
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Douala.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DoualaDouala
- Diocese of BafoussamBafoussam
- Diocese of EdéaEdéa
- Diocese of EsékaEséka
- Diocese of NkongsambaNkongsamba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].