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Metropolitan see Yaoundé, Cameroon

Archdiocese of Yaoundé

Yaunden(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedrale Notre-Dame des Victoires, Yaounde, in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

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Established
1890
Catholics
1,506,620
Priests
732
Territory
4,964 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Jean Mbarga
Born
18 May 1956
Birthplace
Ebolmedzo

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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.

History

The ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon has as its Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé (Latin: Yaunden(sis)).