Diocese of Obala
Obalan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Obala, Cameroon
The Diocese of Obala in Cameroon was erected in 1987 from the Archdiocese of Yaoundé, to which it is suffragan. It has been led by Bishop Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei since 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 1987
- Latin
- Obalan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002438
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 578,000
- Priests
- 168
- Catholics per priest
- 3,440
- Extent
- 14,849 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 39
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
- Sosthène Léopold Bayemi Matjei
- Born
- 26 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Matomb
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
de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo stands in Obala, 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 Yaoundé
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Yaoundé.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BafiaBafia
- Diocese of KribiKribi
- Diocese of SangmélimaSangmélima
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Obala in Cameroon is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Obala (Latin: Obalan(us)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé.
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].