Diocese of Nkongsamba, Cameroon 🇨🇲 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1914.04.28: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Adamaua (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun, Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum and Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari)
- 1923.06.11: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban / de Foumban (Latin)
- 1923.06.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Buéa
- 1932.02.03: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum
- 1934.05.28: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban / de Foumban (Latin)
- 1940.05.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Berbérati
- 1942.04.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey
- 1947.01.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Fort-Lamy and Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua
- 1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Nkongsamba / Nkongsamben(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Yaoundé)
- 1970.02.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bafoussam
- 1982.03.18: Became suffragan of Douala
- 2012.05.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bafang
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2012.05.26 – ...): |  Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana (66) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Nkongsamba (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Dieudonné Espoir Atangana (66) (2012.05.26 – ...)Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon)Mane nobiscum DomineBorn:1958.03.20 (Ngongo, Cameroon)Ordained Priest:1986.06.21Consecrated Bishop:2012.07.28Priest of Yaoundé (Cameroon) (1986.06.21 – 1987.07.03)Priest of Obala (Cameroon) (1987.07.03 – 2012.05.26)Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (2012.05.26 – ...) |
 Bishop Dieudonné Watio (78) (1995.04.01 – 2011.03.05)Bishop emeritus of Bafoussam (Cameroon)Que tous soient unBorn:1946.03.18 (Mbouda, Cameroon)Ordained Priest:1975.07.05Consecrated Bishop:1995.06.10Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1995.04.01 – 2011.03.05)Apostolic Administrator of Bafoussam (Cameroon) (2010.03 – 2011.03.05)Bishop of Bafoussam (Cameroon) (2011.03.05 – 2021.03.19) |
| Bishop André Wouking (later Archbishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1993 – 1995.04.01) |
| Bishop Thomas Nkuissi (1978.11.15 – 1992.11.21)Taapu’ Yeso musungediBorn:1928.07.07 (Cameroon)Ordained Priest:1958.06.29Consecrated Bishop:1973.04.15Died:2011.03.16 (†82)Titular Bishop of Luperciana (1973.01.29 – 1978.11.15)Apostolic Administrator of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1973.01.29 – 1978.11.15)Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1978.11.15 – 1992.11.21) |
| Bishop Thomas Nkuissi (Apostolic Administrator 1973.01.29 – 1978.11.15) |
| Bishop Albert Ndongmo (1964.06.16 – 1973.01.29)Born:1926.09.26 (Cameroon)Ordained Priest:1955.12.21Consecrated Bishop:1964.08.16Died:1992.05.29 (†65)Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1964.06.16 – 1973.01.29) |
| Bishop Paul Bouque, S.C.I. (1955.09.14 – 1964.06.16)Born:1896.07.06 (France)Ordained Priest:1925.07.26Consecrated Bishop:1934.11.21Died:1979.08.15 (†83)Prefect Apostolic of Foumban (Cameroon) (1930.10.28 – 1934.05.28)Titular Bishop of Vagada (1934.05.28 – 1955.09.14)Vicar Apostolic of Foumban (Cameroon) (1934.05.28 – 1955.09.14)Bishop of Nkongsamba (Cameroon) (1955.09.14 – 1964.06.16)Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana (1964.06.16 – 1976.08.11) |
| Vicars Apostolic of Foumban (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Paul Bouque, S.C.I. (1934.05.28 – 1955.09.14)(see above) |
| Prefects Apostolic of Foumban (Roman Rite) |
| Fr. Paul Bouque, S.C.I. (later Bishop) (1930.10.28 – 1934.05.28)(see above) |
| Fr. Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I. (1923.06.11 – 1930)Prefect Apostolic of Adamaua (Cameroon) (1920.02.07 – 1923.06.11)Prefect Apostolic of Foumban (Cameroon) (1923.06.11 – 1930) |
| Prefects Apostolic of Adamaua (Roman Rite) |
| Fr. Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I. (1920.02.07 – 1923.06.11)(see above) |
| Fr. Gerhard Lennartz, S.C.I. (1914.04.29 – 1919)Prefect Apostolic of Adamaua (Cameroon) (1914.04.29 – 1919) |
Statistics (2017.12.31)
Area: 4,057 km²
Population: 178,000 Catholics (22.2% of 803,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 67 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 81 priests (65 diocesan, 16 religious), 84 religious (29 brothers, 55 sisters), 53 seminarians