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Archdiocese of Yaoundé
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé (Latin: Yaunden(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
History
18 March 1890: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroun from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon
2 January 1905: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun
3 April 1931: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé
14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Special churches
The seat of the metropolitan archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires in Yaoundé. There is also a Minor Basilica at Mary Queen of the Apostles Basilica in Yaoundé.
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
Metropolitan Archbishops of Yaoundé (Roman rite), below
Archbishop Jean Mbarga (31 Oct 2014 – Present)
Apostolic Administrator Jean Mbarga (29 Jul 2013 – 31 Oct 2014)
Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (18 Oct 2003 – 29 Jul 2013), resigned
Archbishop André Wouking (27 Nov 1998 – 10 Nov 2002)
Archbishop Jean Zoa (11 Sep 1961 – 20 Mar 1998)
Archbishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. (14 Sep 1955 – 6 Sep 1961), resigned; see below
Vicars Apostolic of Yaoundé (Roman rite), below
Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. (4 Mar 1943 – 14 Sep 1955); see above
Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. (3 Apr 1931 – 4 Mar 1943); see below
Vicars Apostolic of Cameroun (Roman rite), below
Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. (19 May 1923 – 3 Apr 1931); see above
Apostolic Administrator François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. (6 May 1922 – 19 May 1923)
Bishop Franziskus Hennemann, S.A.C. (7 Nov 1914 – 21 Jun 1922), appointed Prefect of Cape of Good Hope, Central District, South Africa
Bishop Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. (2 Jan 1905 – 7 Nov 1914); see below
Prefect Apostolic of Cameroun (Roman rite), below
Father Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. (18 Mar 1890 – 2 Jan 1905); see above
Coadjutor vicars apostolic
Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. (1913-1914)
René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. (1931-1943)
Auxiliary bishops
Paul Etoga (1955-1961), appointed Bishop of Mbalmayo
Jean-Baptiste Ama (1974-1983), appointed Bishop of Sangmélima
Christophe Zoa (2006-2008), appointed Bishop of Sangmélima
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
Jean-Marie Benoît Balla, appointed Bishop of Bafia in 2003
Joseph Befe Ateba, appointed Bishop of Kribi in 2008
Dieudonné Espoir Atangana (priest here, 1986-1987), appointed Bishop of Nkongsamba in 2012
Suffragan Dioceses
Bafia
Ebolowa
Kribi
Mbalmayo
Obala
Sangmélima
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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