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Garoua Garoua or Garua (Fula: Garwa 𞤺𞤢𞤪𞤱𞤢) is a port city and the capital of the North Region of Cameroon, lying on the Benue River. A thriving centre of the textiles and cotton industries, the city has approximately 1,285,000 inhabit ...

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

History

* 1947.01.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua from the Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban * 1953.03.24: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Garoua * 1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Garoua * 1982.03.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Garoua

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Sainte Thérèse in Garoua.

Bishops

Ordinaries

*Prefect Apostolic of Garoua (Roman rite) **Father Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. 1947.03.25 – 1953.03.24; ''see below'' * Vicar Apostolic of Garoua (Roman rite) **Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. 1953.03.24 – 1955.09.14; ''see above & below'' *Bishop of Garoua (Roman rite) **Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. 1955.09.14 – 1982.03.18; ''see above & below'' * Metropolitan Archbishops of Garoua (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey,

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1982.03.18 – 1984.03.17; ''see above'' ** Archbishop

Christian Wiyghan Tumi Christian Wiyghan Tumi (15 October 1930 – 2 April 2021) was a Cameroonian prelate of the Catholic Church who was archbishop of Douala from 1991 to 2009. He was bishop of Yagoua from 1980 to 1982. After serving as coadjutor bishop of Garoua be ...

1984.03.17 - 1991.08.31 (Cardinal in 1988), appointed Archbishop of Douala ** Archbishop

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since 1992.01.23

Coadjutor archbishop

(1982-1984); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishop

Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier (July 31, 1924 – May 7, 2004) was a French Catholic bishop who served in Camerron. Ordained to the priesthood in 1950, Pasquier was named auxiliary Bishop of Garoua in 1969 and then appointed the first bis ...

, O.M.I. (1969-1982), appointed Bishop of Ngaoundéré

Suffragan Dioceses

* Maroua–Mokolo *

Ngaoundéré Ngaoundéré, or N'Gaoundéré (Fula: N'gamdere 𞤲'𞤺𞤢𞤥𞤣𞤫𞥅𞤪𞤫𞥅) is the capital of the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It had a population of 152,700 at the 2005 census. According to the film ''Les Mairuuwas – Maitre de l'e ...

Yagoua Yagoua is a town and commune in the Far North Province of Cameroon. It is the capital of the department of Mayo-Danay Mayo-Danay is a department of Far North Province, Cameroon. The department covers an area of 5,303 km and at the 2005 Cens ...

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