Diocese of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ngaoundéré / Ngaunderen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Garoua

1982.11.19: Established as Diocese of Ngaoundéré / Ngaunderen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Garoua and became suffragan of Garoua)

Bishop (2016.03.15 – ...):

Bishop Emmanuel Abbo (55)

Bishops of Ngaoundéré (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emmanuel Abbo (55)
(2016.03.15 – ...)

Bishop of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon)

Priest of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon) (2000.06.14 – 2016.03.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon) (2015 – 2016.03.15)

Bishop of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon) (2016.03.15 – ...)

Msgr. Emmanuel Abbo (55) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015 – 2016.03.15)

Bishop Joseph Djida, O.M.I.
(2000.10.23 – 2015.01.06)

Bishop of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon) (2000.10.23 – 2015.01.06)

Bishop Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I.
(1982.11.19 – 2000.10.23)

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Byzacena (1969.05.29 – 1982.11.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Garoua (Cameroon) (1969.05.29 – 1982.11.19)

Bishop of Ngaoundéré (Cameroon) (1982.11.19 – 2000.10.23)

Bafia (↙), Bafoussam (↙), Kumbo (←), Yola (←), Garoua (↑), Bouar (↘), Bertoua (↓)

Area: 63,701 km²

Population: 59,000 Catholics (4.7% of 1,259,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 38 priests (27 diocesan, 11 religious), 1 deacon, 68 religious (14 brothers, 54 sisters), 30 seminarians