Metropolitan see Yaoundé, Cameroon
Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Yaunden(sis)
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- PAROISSE SAINT FRANÇOIS XAVIER ESSABOUTOUYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT GABRIEL ARCHANGE EBEBAYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT IGNACE DE LOYOLA NKOULOUYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JACQUES APOTRE AKOK BEKOEYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JACQUES LE MAJEUR NKILZOKYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JEAN BAPTISTE NKOL-NKOUMOUYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JEAN ESSOSYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JEAN L’EVANGELISTE NKOL AVOLOYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JEAN MARC MVO-BETSIYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JEAN MARIE VIANNEY NKONGOAYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JEAN NKOM-NKANAYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JOSEPH ABANGYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JOSEPH AFANETOUANAYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JOSEPH EMANA IYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JOSEPH FRANCOPHONE MVOG-ADAYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JOSEPH MEFOMOYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JOSEPH OUVRIER ESSEYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JOSEPH OVENGYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT JOSEPH’S ANGOPHONE MVOG-ADAYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT KISITO MVOG-MBIYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT LAURENT ETIL-BIBEGUEYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT LAURENT FEBEYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT LUC ET SAINTE MARIE MERE DU REDEMPTEUR OLEMBEYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT LUC MESSA PLATEAU (DUMA SI CARRIERE)YaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT MARC BIYEM-ASSIYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT MARC ET AUMONERIE SECONDAIRE SOAYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT MARC OKOUIYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT MATHIAS AWAEYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT MATHIEU TSINGA/NSANYaoundéView parish
- PAROISSE SAINT MICHEL ARCHANGE EKYEYaoundéView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Jean Mbarga
- Born
- 18 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Ebolmedzo
Explore the ministry of 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.
History
The ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon has as its Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé (Latin: Yaunden(sis)).