Diocese of Batouri, Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Batouri / Baturien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bertoua

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1994.02.03: Established as Diocese of Batouri / Baturien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bertoua and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1994.11.11: Became suffragan of Bertoua

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.04.25 – ...):

Bishop Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Batouri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb (59)
(2018.04.25 – ...)

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon)

Envue du bien commun

Born:	1965.06.02 (Logbikoy, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1996.04.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.07.07

Priest of Douala (Cameroon) (1996.04.13 – 2018.04.25)

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon) (2018.04.25 – ...)

Bishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M. (60) (later Archbishop)
(2009.12.03 – 2016.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon)

Christus pax nostra / Ut unum sint

Born:	1964.07.26 (Ekouda, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1997.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.01.31

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon) (2009.12.03 – 2016.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon) (2016.10.22 – ...)

Fr. Vital Pierre Nkenlifack
(Apostolic Administrator 2008.01 – 2009.12.03)

Bishop Samuel Kleda (65) (later Archbishop)
(2000.10.23 – 2007.11.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon)

Amore omnia vincit

Born:	1959 (Golompuy, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1986.03.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.02.18

Priest of Bertoua (Cameroon) (1986.03.09 – 2000.10.23)

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon) (2000.10.23 – 2007.11.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon) (2007.11.03 – 2009.11.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon) (2009.11.17 – ...)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (2013.04 – 2019.05.03)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region (2014.07.13 – 2017.07.15)

Bishop Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1994.02.03 – 1999.06.03)

Gardien de la vérité

Born:	1934.08.09 (Clermont sur Berwinne, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1958.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.05.22
Died:	2023.08.06 (Yaoundé, Cameroon † 88)

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon) (1994.02.03 – 1999.06.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (Cameroon) (1995 – 1997.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bertoua (Cameroon) (1999.06.03 – 2009.12.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Immaculée Conception, Batouri, East

Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (←), Bertoua (↖), Berbérati (→), Yokadouma (↓)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 15,951 km²

Population: 50,400 Catholics (22.9% of 220,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 41 priests (35 diocesan, 6 religious), 62 religious (17 brothers, 45 sisters), 12 seminarians