Diocese of Sangmélima Dioecesis Sangmelimaensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Cameroon |
Episcopal conference | Episcopal Conference of Cameroon |
Ecclesiastical province | Yaoundé |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,823 sq mi (20,260 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 216,075 100,864 (46.7%) |
Parishes | 39 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1963 |
Cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Sangmélima |
Secular priests | 46 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Christophe Zoa |
Website | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sangmélima ( Latin: Sangmelimaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Sangmélima in the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
On January 18, 1963, it was established as Diocese of Sangmélima from the Diocese of Douala. [1] [2] On May 20, 1991, the Diocese lost territory to the newly-formed Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebolowa-Kribi. [3]
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