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Diocese Of Kribi
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kribi ( la, Kriben(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kribi in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé, Yaoundé in Cameroon. History * May 20, 1991: Established as Diocese of Ebolowa–Kribi from the Diocese of Sangmélima. *June 19, 2008: Diocese split to form the Diocese of Ebolowa and the Diocese of Kribi. Leadership * Bishops of Kribi (Roman rite) ** Bishop Joseph Befe Ateba (June 19, 2008 – June 4, 2014) ** Bishop Damase Zinga Atangana (November 7, 2015 -) See also *Roman Catholicism in Cameroon References External links GCatholic.org Roman Catholic dioceses in Cameroon Roman Catholic dioceses established in 1991 1991 establishments in Cameroon Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Yaoundé Roman Catholic bishops of Kribi {{Cameroon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the Roman diocese, diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek language, Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into Roman diocese, dioceses based on the Roman diocese, civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the Roman province, provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's State church of the Roman Empire, official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine the Great, Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
