Archdiocese of Douala
Dualaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Douala, Cameroon
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 1982
- Latin
- Dualaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001001318
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 802,680
- Priests
- 240
- Catholics per priest
- 3,345
- Extent
- 1,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 669
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
- Samuel Kleda
- Birthplace
- Golompuy
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
Cathedrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul stands in Douala, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BafangBafang
- Diocese of BafoussamBafoussam
- Diocese of EdéaEdéa
- Diocese of EsékaEséka
- Diocese of NkongsambaNkongsamba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archevêché, 9 Boulevard de la Liberté, B.P. 179, Douala, Cameroun
- Telephone
- 233.42.37.14; fax 233.43.18.37
- [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].