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Suffragan diocese Batouri, Cameroon

Diocese of Batouri

Baturien(sis)

The Diocese of Batouri is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in eastern Cameroon, erected in 1994 from territory of the Diocese of Bertoua. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Bertoua.

On the map

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

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Established
1994
Catholics
47,000
Priests
34
Territory
15,981 km²

Parishes and churches

1 listed church 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
Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb
Born
2 June 1965
Birthplace
Logbikoy

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The cathedral

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de l'Immaculee Conception stands in Batouri, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Batouri, a city in Cameroon's ecclesiastical province of Bertoua, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Baturien(sis)) centered on the Cathédrale Notre-Dame there. Its territory spans 15,981 square kilometers and holds 205,000 inhabitants, of whom 47,000 are Catholics, served by 11 parishes and 27 priests (21 diocesan, 2 religious, and 4 Fidei donum), alongside 13 religious brothers, 17 seminarians, and 31 religious sisters.