Archdiocese of Garoua
Garuen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Garoua, Cameroon
Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Garoua, northern Cameroon, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1947 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1982. It is led by Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo and oversees the suffragan dioceses of Maroua-Mokolo, Ngaoundere, and Yagoua.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 1982
- Latin
- Garuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001001470
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 201,828
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 2,492
- Extent
- 65,234 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.1
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
- Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo
- Born
- 26 July 1964
- Birthplace
- Ekouda
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (MISSIONARI DI SCHEUT)
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 Sainte-Therese stands in Garoua, 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 Garoua
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Maroua–MokoloMaroua–Mokolo
- Diocese of NgaoundéréNgaoundéré
- Diocese of YagouaYagoua
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archevêché, B.P. 272, Garoua, Cameroun
- Telephone
- 222.271.353
- [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].