Archdiocese of Bamenda
Bamendan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bamenda, Cameroon
The Archdiocese of Bamenda is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Bamenda in Cameroon, erected as a diocese in 1970 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1982. Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya has led it since December 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 1982
- Latin
- Bamendan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000807
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 615,015
- Priests
- 180
- Catholics per priest
- 3,417
- Extent
- 10,724 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 57
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
- Archbishop
- Andrew Nkea Fuanya
- Born
- 29 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Widikum
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
St. Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral stands in Bamenda, 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 Bamenda
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BuéaBuéa
- Diocese of KumbaKumba
- Diocese of KumboKumbo
- Diocese of MamfeMamfe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Heading the ecclesiastical province of Bamenda in Cameroon is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamenda, its metropolitan see. Pope Paul VI erected the Diocese of Bamenda by the bull Tametsi Christianarum of 13 August 1970, with territory detached from the Diocese of Buéa.
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].