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Archdiocese of Douala
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The Archdiocese of Douala (Latin: Archidioecesis Dualaensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon. The current archbishop is Archbishop Samuel Kleda; he had previously been the coadjutor archbishop
to the Archbishop Emeritus, Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi.
History
March 31, 1931: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Douala from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun
May 27, 1932: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Douala
September 14, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Douala
March 18, 1982: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul in Douala.
Bishops
Ordinaries
Prefect Apostolic of Douala
(Father) Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. (1931 – 1932); see below
Vicars Apostolic of Douala
Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. (1932 – 1945); see above
Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp. (1946 – 1957)
Bishops of Douala
Thomas Mongo (1957 – 1973), resigned
Simon Tonyé (1973 – 1982); see below
Archbishops of Douala
Simon Tonyé (1982 – 1991); see above, resigned
Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi (1991 – 2009), retired
Samuel Kleda (2009 – present)
Coadjutor bishops
Simon Tonyé (1969-1973)
Samuel Kleda (2007-2009)
Auxiliary bishops
Thomas Mongo (1955-1957), appointed Bishop here
Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (1987-1993), appointed Bishop of Edéa
Gabriel Simo (1987-1994), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam
Dieudonné Bogmis (1999-2004), appointed Bishop of Eséka
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
Pierre-Célestin Nkou, appointed Bishop of Sangmélima in 1963
Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb, appointed Bishop of Batouri in 2018
Suffragan Dioceses
Bafang
Bafoussam
Edéa
Eséka
Nkongsamba
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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