Diocese of Mamfe, Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mamfe / Mamfen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bamenda

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1999.02.09: Established as Diocese of Mamfe / Mamfen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Buéa and became suffragan of Bamenda)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.02.22 – ...):

Bishop Aloysius Fondong Abangalo (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mamfe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Aloysius Fondong Abangalo (51)
(2022.02.22 – ...)

Bishop of Mamfe (Cameroon)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:	1973.06.05 (Limbe, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	2006.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.05.05

Priest of Buéa (Cameroon) (2006.04.20 – 2022.02.22)

Bishop of Mamfe (Cameroon) (2022.02.22 – ...)

Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya (59)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.12.30 – 2022.02.22)

Bishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya (59) (later Archbishop)
(2014.01.25 – 2019.12.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon)
President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon

In Spiritu et veritate / Comme quelqu’un qui sert

Born:	1965.08.29 (Widikum, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1992.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.08.23

Priest of Buéa (Cameroon) (1992.04.22 – 2013.07.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Mamfe (Cameroon) (2013.07.10 – 2014.01.25)

Bishop of Mamfe (Cameroon) (2014.01.25 – 2019.12.30)

Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (2019.05.03 – 2022.04.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Mamfe (Cameroon) (2019.12.30 – 2022.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (2019.12.30 – ...)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (2022.04.30 – ...)

Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge (86)
(1999.02.09 – 2014.01.25)

Bishop emeritus of Mamfe (Cameroon)

Fortes in fide

Born:	1938.12.28 (Muea, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1966.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.04.21

Priest of Buéa (Cameroon) (1966.04.17 – 1999.02.09)

Bishop of Mamfe (Cameroon) (1999.02.09 – 2014.01.25)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya (59) (later Archbishop) (2013.07.10 – 2014.01.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Joseph, Mamfe, South-West

Calabar (↙), Ogoja (↖), Katsina-Ala (↑), Bamenda (→), Bafang (↘), Kumba (↓)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 10,500 km²

Population: 176,000 Catholics (40.1% of 439,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 82 priests (73 diocesan, 9 religious), 62 religious (14 brothers, 48 sisters), 76 seminarians