Diocese of Mbalmayo, Cameroon 🇨🇲

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mbalmayo / Mbalmayoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Yaoundé

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1961.06.24: Established as Diocese of Mbalmayo / Mbalmayoën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé and became suffragan of Yaoundé)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.12.28 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Marie Ndi-Okalla (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mbalmayo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Marie Ndi-Okalla (67)
(2016.12.28 – ...)

Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon)

Promittam Domino Deo

Born:	1957.11.21 (Douala, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1983.08.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.02.18

Priest of Mbalmayo (Cameroon) (1983.08.13 – 2016.12.28)

Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon) (2016.12.28 – ...)

Bishop Adalbert Ndzana
(1987.03.07 – 2016.12.28)

Deum adora

Born:	1939.07.17 (Zoatoubsi, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1969.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.01.20
Died:	2025.09.07 (Yaoundé, Cameroon † 86)

Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1969.08.15 – 1984.11.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon) (1984.11.08 – 1987.03.07)

Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon) (1987.03.07 – 2016.12.28)

Bishop Paul Etoga
(1961.06.24 – 1987.03.07)

Scio cui crededi

Born:	1911 (Nkolmewrut, Cameroon)
Ordained Priest:	1939.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.11.30
Died:	1998.03.13 († 86)

Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1939.09.19 – 1955.07.03)

Titular Bishop of Ciparissia (1955.07.03 – 1961.06.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1955.07.03 – 1961.06.24)

Bishop of Mbalmayo (Cameroon) (1961.06.24 – 1987.03.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Adalbert Ndzana (1984.11.08 – 1987.03.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Rosaire, Mbalmayo, Centre

Ebolowa (↙), Edéa (←), Yaoundé (↑), Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (→), Sangmélima (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,753 km²

Population: 298,014 Catholics (57.6% of 516,942 total)

Pastoral Centres: 98 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 116 priests (96 diocesan, 20 religious), 110 religious (72 brothers, 38 sisters), 38 seminarians