Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala 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)
  • Simon Tonyé (1973-1982): see below
Archbishops of Douala

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

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Cameroon
  • List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Cameroon

Sources

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