Diocese of Ebebiyín, Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ebebiyín / Ebebiyinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Malabo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Evinayong (↙), Ebolowa (↑), Oyem (→), Mongomo (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1982.10.15: Established as Diocese of Ebebiyín / Ebebiyinen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bata and became suffragan of Malabo)
2017.04.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mongomo

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ebebiyín (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Angel Nguema Bee, S.D.B. (56)
(2017.04.01 – 2026.05.14)

Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea

Born:	1969.07.13 (Bata, Equatorial Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	2000.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.05.20

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea (2017? – ...)

Bishop of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea) (2017.04.01 – 2026.05.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Bata (Equatorial Guinea) (2024.12.10 – 2026.05.14)

Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea) (2026.05.14 – ...)

Bishop Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé (68) (later Archbishop)
(2011.02.19 – 2015.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Born:	1957.11.09 (Mikomeseng-Kie Ntem, Equatorial Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1995.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.05.07

Priest of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (1995.03.25 – 2011.02.19)

Bishop of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea) (2011.02.19 – 2015.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (2015.02.11 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea (2017.01 – 2022.01)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region (2017.07.15 – 2022.07.24)

Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F. (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.08.30 – 2011.02.19)

Bishop Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F.
(2003.03.08 – 2006.08.27)

Born:	1947.04.13 (Evinayong, Equatorial Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1981.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.05.11
Died:	2006.08.27 († 59)

Bishop of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea) (2003.03.08 – 2006.08.27)

Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F. (76)
(1991.10.11 – 2002.05.11)

Bishop emeritus of Bata (Equatorial Guinea)

Born:	1949.05.24 (Nkué-Esandon, Equatorial Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1976.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.01.06

Bishop of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea) (1991.10.11 – 2002.05.11)

Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea) (2002.05.11 – 2024.12.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea) (2006.08.30 – 2011.02.19)

Bishop Ildefonso Obama Obono (88) (later Archbishop)
(1982.10.15 – 1991.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea)

Born:	1938.05.06 (Kogo, Equatorial Guinea)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.01.06

Priest of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea) (1964.06.29 – 1982.10.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Bata (Equatorial Guinea) (1971.05.04 – 1975)

Bishop of Ebebiyín (Equatorial Guinea) (1982.10.15 – 1991.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (1991.07.09 – 2015.02.11)

President of Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea (2000 – 2016?)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Isabel, Ebebiyín, Kié-Ntem, Región Continental

Evinayong (↙), Ebolowa (↑), Oyem (→), Mongomo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,943 km²

Population: 273,000 Catholics (93.4% of 292,440 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes

Personnel: 40 priests (30 diocesan, 10 religious), 46 religious (16 brothers, 30 sisters), 24 seminarians