Diocese of Yagoua
Yaguan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yagoua, Cameroon
The Diocese of Yagoua is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the Far North Region of Cameroon, erected on 29 January 1973 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Garoua. Its bishop is Barthelemy Yaouda Hourgo, appointed in 2008.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 January 1973
- Latin
- Yaguan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000188
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 130,354
- Priests
- 62
- Catholics per priest
- 2,102
- Extent
- 22,469 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.8
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
- Barthélemy Yaouda
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 Sainte-Anne stands in Yagoua, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Garoua.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GarouaGaroua
- Diocese of Maroua–MokoloMaroua–Mokolo
- Diocese of NgaoundéréNgaoundéré
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Cameroon, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yagoua (Latin: Yaguan(us)) has its seat in the city of Yagoua and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Garoua.
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].