Diocese of Edéa
Edean(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Edéa, Cameroon
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 March 1993
- Latin
- Edean(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001343
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 185,368
- Population
- 305,000
- Catholic share
- 60.8%
- Priests
- 101
- Catholics per priest
- 1,835
- Extent
- 10,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Paul Nyaga Nwaha
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
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.
The province of Douala
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Douala.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DoualaDouala
- Diocese of BafangBafang
- Diocese of BafoussamBafoussam
- Diocese of EsékaEséka
- Diocese of NkongsambaNkongsamba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].