Its
cathedral episcopal see is located in the city of
Ebibeyin,
Kié-Ntem province, Región Continental.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 158,000 Catholics (69.0% of 229,140 total) on 3,943 km2 in 11 parishes with 25 priests (19 diocesan, 6 religious), 40 lay religious (12 brothers, 28 sisters) and 19 seminarians.
Shortly before the 2017 loss of daughter Mongomo, it had an area of 12,000 square miles, a total population of 204,000, a Catholic population of 164,000, 33 priests and 89 religious.
History
Established on October 15, 1982 as Diocese of Ebibeyín, on territory split off from the
Diocese of Bata.
Lost territory on 2017.04.01 to establish the
Diocese of Mongomo (in the same ecclesiastical province).
Juan Nsue Edjang Maye (2011.02.19 - 2015.02.11), born in Mikomeseng (Kie Ntem province) in 1957, ordained a priest in 1995, until then pastor of the parishes of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and
Our Lady of Help on the island of
Bioko, Equatorial Guinea; next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (2015.02.11 – ...)