Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Yaunden(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Yaoundé, Cameroon
The Archdiocese of Yaounde is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Yaounde in Cameroon, erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1890 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 14 September 1955. Its archbishop since 2014 is Jean Mbarga.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Yaunden(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000197
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,506,620
- Priests
- 732
- Catholics per priest
- 2,058
- Extent
- 4,964 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 304
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
- Jean Mbarga
- Born
- 18 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Ebolmedzo
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 Notre-Dame des Victoires, Yaounde stands in Yaoundé, 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 Yaounde
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EbolowaEbolowa
- Diocese of MbalmayoMbalmayo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon has as its Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé (Latin: Yaunden(sis)).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archevêché, B.P. 207, Yaoundé, Cameroun
- Telephone
- 242.011.048
- [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].