Diocese of Kumba
Kumban(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kumba, Cameroon
The Diocese of Kumba is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Bamenda, Cameroon, erected on 15 March 2016 from the Diocese of Buéa. Bishop Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon was appointed its first bishop at its erection.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 March 2016
- Latin
- Kumban(us)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart
- Annuario code
- 001000531
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 264,000
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 7,333
- Extent
- 11,435 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
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
- Bishop
- Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon
- Born
- 11 February 1964
- Birthplace
- Shishong
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
Cathédrale Sacré-Cœur stands in Kumba, 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 Bamenda
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bamenda.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BamendaBamenda
- Diocese of BuéaBuéa
- Diocese of KumboKumbo
- Diocese of MamfeMamfe
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- P.O. Box 473, Kumba, Cameroun
- Telephone
- 679.962.918
- [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].