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Suffragan diocese Doumé–Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

Diocese of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang

Dumen(sis) - Abongen(sis) Mbangen(sis)

The Diocese of Doume-Abong' Mbang is a Latin Catholic diocese in Cameroon, established as the Vicariate of Doume in 1949, raised to the Diocese of Doume in 1955, and renamed in 1983. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bertoua and has been led by Bishop Jan Ozga since 1997.

On the map

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Doumé–Abong’ Mbang, 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
145,500
Priests
66
Territory
36,378 km²

Parishes and churches

29 listed churches 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
Jan Ozga
Born
17 April 1956
Birthplace
Wola Raniżowska

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The cathedral

Cathedrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul stands in Doumé–Abong’ Mbang, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-cathedrale Sacre-Coeur.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

In Cameroon, the cities of Doumé and Abong’ Mbang together anchor the Roman Catholic Diocese of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang (Latin: Dumen(sis)-Abongen(sis)-Mbangen(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Bertoua.