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Metropolitan see Douala, Cameroon

Archdiocese of Douala

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The Archdiocese of Douala is a Latin Catholic metropolitan see in Cameroon, originating as an apostolic prefecture in 1931, raised to a diocese in 1955, and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 18 March 1982. Its suffragans include Bafang, Bafoussam, Edea, Eseka and Nkongsamba, and it has been led by Archbishop Samuel Kleda since 2009.

On the map

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

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Established
1955
Catholics
802,680
Priests
240
Territory
1,200 km²

Parishes and churches

1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Samuel Kleda
Birthplace
Golompuy

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The cathedral

Cathedrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul stands in Douala, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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