The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba ( la, Nkongsamben(sis)) is a Latin suffragan

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in the

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Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Airport (DLA), it is the com ...

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. Its

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episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, dedicated to the

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Nkongsamba Nkongsamba is a city in western Cameroon. It is in the Moungo department, which is in the Littoral region. As of the 2005 Census, the city had a population of 104,050. It is a centre for the farming of palm oil, bananas and coffee, and is b ...

, in Moungo Department in the

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of Adamaua, an immense territory on the Adamawa Pateau, split off from the much vaster still Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum, in the then Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Renamed on June 11, 1923 as Apostolic Prefecture of

Foumban Foumban or Fumban is a city in Cameroon, lying north east of Bafoussam. It has a population of 83,522 (at the 2005 Census). It is a major town for the Bamoun people and is home to a museum of traditional arts and culture. Foumban is known f ...

, after its see F(o)umban. Promoted on May 28, 1934 as Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban, hence entitled to a (titular) bishop. It lost territory repeatedly : * on 1940.05.28 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Berbérati (now a bishopric in Central African Republic) * 1942.04.28, to establish the then

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(in Niger) * 1947.01.09 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua and

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(Chad) On September 14, 1955, it was promoted and renamed as Diocese of

after its present see.

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Ordinaries

(all Roman rite) ;''Apostolic Prefects of Adamaua'' * Father

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(S.C.I.) (1914.04.29 – 1919) * Fr. Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I. (1920.02.07 – 1923.06.11 ''see below'') ;''Apostolic Prefects of Foumban'' * Fr.

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, S.C.I. (''see above'' 1923.06.11 – 1930) * Fr. Paul Bouque, S.C.I. (1930.10.28 – 1934.05.28 ''see below'') ;'' Apostolic Vicar of Foumban'' * Paul Bouque, S.C.I. (''see above'' 1934.05.28 – 1955.09.14 ''see below''),

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(1934.05.28 – 1955.09.14) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Nkongsamba'' *

Paul Bouque Paul Bouque (6 July 1896 – 15 August 1979) was Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon, from September 1955 until 16 June 1964, when he resigned. Life Paul Bouque was born in Hauconcourt, France on 6 July 1896. He was ordained a priest of Congregation o ...

, S.C.I. (''see above'' 1955.09.14 – 1964.06.16), emeritate as Titular Bishop of

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(1964.06.16 – death 1976.08.11) *

Albert Ndongmo Albert Ndongmo (26 September 1926 – 29 May 1992) was Bishop of Nkongsamba in Cameroon between June 1964 and January 1973. In 1970 he was arrested, accused of treasonous dealings with rebels, and sentenced to death by a military tribunal. His s ...

(1964.06.16 – 1973.01.29), first native incumbent *

Thomas Nkuissi Thomas Nkuissi (July 7, 1928 – March 16, 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba, Cameroon, Africa. Thomas Nkuissi was born on 7 July 1928 in Nkongsamba Nkongsamba is a city in western Cameroon. It ...

(1978.11.15 – 1992.11.21) *

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(1995.04.01 - 2011.03.05), appointed Bishop of Bafoussam * Dieudonné Espoir Atangana (2012.05.26 - ...)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Abraham Boualo Kome, appointed Bishop of Bafang in 2012

References

External links

GCatholic.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nkongsamba Roman Catholic dioceses in Cameroon Christian organizations established in 1914 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Douala

Bishops

Ordinaries

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

References

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