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Archdiocese of Bertoua
From Wikipedia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bertoua is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bertoua in Cameroon.
History
17 March 1983: Established as Diocese of Bertoua from the Diocese of Doumé
11 November 1994: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bertoua
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is Holy Family Cathedral in Bertoua.
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
Metropolitan Archbishops of Bertoua (Latin Rite), below
Joseph Atanga, S.J. (3 December 2009 – Present)
Roger Pirenne, C.I.C.M. (3 June 1999 – 3 December 2009), retired
Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. (11 November 1994 – 3 June 1999), retired; see below
Bishop of Bertoua (Latin Rite), below
Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. (17 March 1983 – 11 November 1994); see above
Suffragan Dioceses
Batouri
Doumé–Abong’ Mbang
Yokadouma
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
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