Metropolitan see Bamenda, Cameroon
Archdiocese of Bamenda
Bamendan(us)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1970
- Catholics
- 615,015
- Priests
- 180
- Territory
- 10,724 km²
Parishes and churches
48 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Joseph’s Parish BafutBafutView parish
- St. Joseph’s Parish MankonMankonView parish
- St. Joseph’s Quasi Parish BalighamBalighamView parish
- St. Joseph’s Quasi Parish BamaliBamaliView parish
- St. Joseph’s Quasi Parish, FonfukaFonfukaView parish
- St. Jude’s Parish FundongFundongView parish
- St. Lucy’s Parish NtaturuNtaturuView parish
- St. Mark’s Parish Baba 1Baba 1View parish
- St. Mary’s Parish BalikumbatBalikumbatView parish
- St. Michael the Arch Angel Quasi Parish NjikwaNjikwaView parish
- St. Michael’s Parish Futru- NkwenFutru-NkwenView parish
- St. Patrick Quasi Parish KoneneKoneneView parish
- St. Patrick’s Parish NjintehNjintehView parish
- St. Peter’s Parish BambuiBambuiView parish
- St. Pius X Parish AkumAkumView parish
- St. Pompilio Maria NebungNebungView parish
- St. Teresa’s Parish AzireAzireView parish
- St. Teresa’s Quasi Parish IllungIllungView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Andrew Nkea Fuanya
- Born
- 29 August 1965
- Birthplace
- Widikum
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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.
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.
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- Two new lectors instituted at the Seminary’s Opening Mass
- Archbishop Nkea: ‘The way is the way of peace’
- Cameroon archbishop drafting catechism on peace following abductions of priests (Aid to the Church in Need)
- Archbishop Nkea Urges Parishes to Use Donated Motorbikes to Reach Out to the Poor
- Catholic Bishops of Cameroon’s Bamenda Province decry deviant behaviors in schools
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