Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Bamenda

Cameroon Cameroon

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Bamenda / Bamendan(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Buéa, Kumba, Kumbo, Mamfe

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.12.30 – ...):Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya (59)Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya (59)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Bamenda (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya (59)Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya (59)
(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 – ...)

Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua (81)Archbishop Cornelius Fontem Esua (81)
(2006.01.23 – 2019.12.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamenda (Cameroon)

Sermo tuus veritas est

Born:1943.07.02 (Mbetta, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1971.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:1982.12.08

Priest of Buéa (Cameroon) (1971.12.29 – 1982.09.10)

Bishop of Kumbo (Cameroon) (1982.09.10 – 2004.12.07)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (2000 – 2004)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (2004.12.07 – 2006.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (2006.01.23 – 2019.12.30)

Archbishop Paul Verdzekov
(1982.03.18 – 2006.01.23)

Born:1931.01.22 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:1961.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1970.11.08
Died:2010.01.26 († 79)

Bishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (1970.08.13 – 1982.03.18)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (1976 – 1982)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (1982.03.18 – 2006.01.23)

Bishops of Bamenda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Verdzekov (later Archbishop)
(1970.08.13 – 1982.03.18)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Mamfe (←), Katsina-Ala (↖), Wukari (↑), Kumbo (→), Bafoussam (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,724 km²

Population: 616,515 Catholics (42.2% of 1,460,853 total)

Pastoral Centres: 57 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 168 priests (130 diocesan, 38 religious), 351 religious (131 brothers, 220 sisters), 113 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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