Diocese of Bafoussam
Bafussamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bafoussam, Cameroon
The Diocese of Bafoussam is a Latin Church diocese in Cameroon, established on 5 February 1970 from the Diocese of Nkongsamba. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Douala and has been led by Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 February 1970
- Latin
- Bafussamen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000782
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 308,360
- Priests
- 160
- Catholics per priest
- 1,927
- Extent
- 13,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 24
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
- Paul Lontsié-Keuné
- Born
- 25 August 1963
- Birthplace
- Balatchi
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 Saint-Joseph, Bafoussam stands in Bafoussam, 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 BafangBafang
- Diocese of EdéaEdéa
- Diocese of EsékaEséka
- Diocese of NkongsambaNkongsamba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Bafoussam, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafoussam (Latin: Bafussamen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché, B.P. 263, Bafoussam, Cameroun
- Telephone
- 699.003.139; 696.803.054
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery 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.
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 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
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].