The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafia ( la, Bafien(sis)) is a

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, pro ...

located in the city of

Bafia Bafia () is a Cameroonian town and commune in the Centre Province region. It is the capital of the Mbam-et-Inoubou department. It lies north of the country's capital Yaoundé. Bafia has approximately 55,700 inhabitants, making it the third lar ...

in the

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Yaoundé Yaoundé (; , ) is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,50 ...

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

* July 6, 1965: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bafia from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé * January 11, 1968: Promoted as Diocese of Bafia

Ordinaries

Prefect Apostolic of Bafia (Roman rite)

* Father

André Charles Lucien Loucheur André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation ...

(†), C.S.Sp. (July 14, 1965 – January 11, 1968 ''see below'')

Bishops of Bafia (Roman rite)

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

(†), C.S.Sp. (''see above'' January 11, 1968 – December 21, 1977) * Bishop

Athanase Bala Athanase Bala (2 March 1927 – 3 September 2019) was a Cameroonian Roman Catholic bishop. Bala was born in Cameroon and was ordained to the priesthood in 1955. He served as titular bishop of Gegi and coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese ...

(†),

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(December 21, 1977 – May 3, 2003) * Bishop

Jean-Marie Benoît Balla Jean-Marie Benoît Balla (5 May 1959 – 31 May 2017) was a Cameroonian Catholic bishop who served as Archbishop of Yaoundé until his death in 2017. Biography Balla was born in Oweng, Cameroon, on 5 May 1959. He was ordained a priest for ...

(†) (May 3, 2003 – May 31, 2017) * Bishop

Emmanuel Dassi Youfang Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...

, ( Comm. l'Emm.) (May 13, 2020 -)

Coadjutor bishop

(†), C.S.Sp. (1976-1977)

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