Archdiocese of Yaoundé

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé () 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

See also Roman Catholicism in Cameroon

Sources GCatholic.org