Diocese of Eséka, Cameroon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Eséka / Esekanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Douala

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1993.03.22: Established as Diocese of Eséka / Esekanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala and became suffragan of Douala)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.11.14 – ...):

Bishop François Achille Eyabi (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Eséka (Roman Rite)

Bishop François Achille Eyabi (63)
(2020.11.14 – ...)

Bishop of Eséka (Cameroon)

Sufficit tibi gratia mea

Born:	1961.09.30 (Ngambe, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1988.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.01.08

Priest of Douala (Cameroon) (1988.07.30 – 1993.03.22)

Priest of Edéa (Cameroon) (1993.03.22 – 2020.11.14)

Bishop of Eséka (Cameroon) (2020.11.14 – ...)

Bishop Dieudonné Bogmis
(2004.10.15 – 2018.08.25)

Christo regnat / Voici que je viens pour faire ta volonte

Born:	1955.01.12 (Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1983.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.04.10
Died:	2018.08.25 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala (1999.02.09 – 2004.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Douala (Cameroon) (1999.02.09 – 2004.10.15)

Bishop of Eséka (Cameroon) (2004.10.15 – 2018.08.25)

Bishop Jean-Bosco Ntep (73)
(1993.03.22 – 2004.10.15)

Bishop of Edéa (Cameroon)

Caritas et vita

Born:	1951.04.03 (Hikoamaen, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1979.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.07.04

Priest of Mbalmayo (Cameroon) (1979.03.25 – 1993.03.22)

Bishop of Eséka (Cameroon) (1993.03.22 – 2004.10.15)

Bishop of Edéa (Cameroon) (2004.10.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Kribi (Cameroon) (2014.06.06 – 2015.11.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Fatima, Eseka, Centre

Edéa (←), Bafia (↑), Obala (↗), Yaoundé (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,500 km²

Population: 143,360 Catholics (53.8% of 266,240 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 71 priests (67 diocesan, 4 religious), 1 deacon, 21 religious (5 brothers, 16 sisters), 37 seminarians