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Suffragan diocese Edéa, Cameroon

Diocese of Edéa

Edean(us)

Latin Church diocese in Cameroon erected on 22 March 1993, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Douala. Following the retirement of Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep on 4 June 2026, the see is vacant and administered by Apostolic Administrator Paul Nyaga Nwaha.

On the map

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

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Established
1993
Catholics
185,368
Priests
101
Territory
10,500 km²

Parishes and churches

22 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

Apostolic Administrator
Paul Nyaga Nwaha

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The cathedral

del Sagrado Corazón stands in Edéa, 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

Established on 22 March 1993, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Edéa (Latin: Dioecesis Edeana) is seated in the city of Edéa, within the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.