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Suffragan diocese Nkongsamba, Cameroon

Diocese of Nkongsamba

Nkongsamben(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Nkongsamba is a Latin Church diocese in the Littoral Region of Cameroon, established as a diocese in 1955 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Douala. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Nkongsamba, led by Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana since 2012.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Nkongsamba, Cameroon.

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Established
1955
Catholics
148,062
Priests
78
Territory
4,057 km²

Parishes and churches

43 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Dieudonné Espoir Atangana
Born
20 March 1958
Birthplace
Ngongo

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Nkongsamba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A Latin suffragan see in Cameroon's ecclesiastical province of Douala, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba (Latin: Nkongsamben(sis)) has its episcopal seat at the Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, at Nkongsamba in Moungo Department in the Littoral Region (Cameroon).

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