Metropolitan Archdiocese of Garoua, Cameroon 🇨🇲

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Garoua / Garuen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Maroua–Mokolo, Ngaoundéré, Yagoua

Neighbouring Dioceses: Yola (←), Bauchi (↖), Maroua–Mokolo (↑), Yagoua (↗), Pala (→), Moundou (↘), Goré (↘), Bouar (↘), Ngaoundéré (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1947.01.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua / Garuen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban)
1951.05.17: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Moundou
1953.03.24: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Garoua / Garuen(sis) (Latin)
1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Garoua / Garuen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1956.12.19: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Pala
1968.03.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Maroua–Mokolo and Apostolic Prefecture of Yagoua
1982.03.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Garoua / Garuen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Maroua–Mokolo and Yagoua)
1982.11.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ngaoundéré and gained suffragan see Ngaoundéré

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1985.08)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2016.10.22 – ...):

Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M. (61)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Garoua (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo, C.I.C.M. (61)
(2016.10.22 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon)

Christus pax nostra / Ut unum sint

Born:	1964.07.26 (Ekouda, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1997.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.01.31

Bishop of Batouri (Cameroon) (2009.12.03 – 2016.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon) (2016.10.22 – ...)

Archbishop Antoine Ntalou (85)
(1992.01.23 – 2016.10.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Garoua (Cameroon)

Servir avec amour

Born:	1940.04.28 (Bandounga, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1970.02.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.03.13

Bishop of Yagoua (Cameroon) (1982.11.19 – 1992.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon) (1992.01.23 – 2016.10.22)

Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi
(1984.03.17 – 1991.08.31)

Me voici je viens faire ta volonté

Born:	1930.10.15 (Way’ngoylum, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1966.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.01.06
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28
Died:	2021.04.02 (Doula, Cameroon † 90)

Priest of Buéa (Cameroon) (1966.04.17 – 1979.12.06)

Bishop of Yagoua (Cameroon) (1979.12.06 – 1982.11.19)

Vice-President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (1982.04.23 – 1985)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon) (1982.11.19 – 1984.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon) (1984.03.17 – 1991.08.31)

President of National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (1985 – 1991)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno (1988.06.28 – 2021.04.02)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (1990 – 1994)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon) (1991.08.31 – 2009.11.17)

Archbishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I.
(1982.03.18 – 1984.03.17)

Born:	1913.01.29 (Vannes, France)
Ordained Priest:	1937.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.06.29
Died:	1991.09.03 (Ngaoundéré, Cameroon † 78)

Prefect Apostolic of Garoua (Cameroon) (1947.03.25 – 1953.03.24)

Titular Bishop of Doliche (1953.03.24 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Garoua (Cameroon) (1953.03.24 – 1955.09.14)

Bishop of Garoua (Cameroon) (1955.09.14 – 1982.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Garoua (Cameroon) (1982.03.18 – 1984.03.17)

Bishops of Garoua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
(1955.09.14 – 1982.03.18)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Garoua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
(1953.03.24 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Garoua (Roman Rite)

Fr. Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. (later Archbishop)
(1947.03.25 – 1953.03.24)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Christian Wiyghan Tumi (later Cardinal) (1982.11.19 – 1984.03.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. (1969.05.29 – 1982.11.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Sainte-Thérèse, Garoua, North

Yola (←), Bauchi (↖), Maroua–Mokolo (↑), Yagoua (↗), Pala (→), Moundou (↘), Goré (↘), Bouar (↘), Ngaoundéré (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 65,234 km²

Population: 201,828 Catholics (9.5% of 2,117,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 87 priests (56 diocesan, 31 religious), 129 religious (35 brothers, 94 sisters), 36 seminarians