Cathédrale Saint Pièrre et Paul de Douala1

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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 (Cameroon), Littoral Region. Home to Central Africa's largest port and its major international airport, Douala International Ai ...

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. The current archbishop is Archbishop Samuel Kleda; he had previously been the coadjutor archbishop to the Archbishop Emeritus, Cardinal

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History

* March 31, 1931: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Douala from the

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* May 27, 1932: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Douala * September 14, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Douala * March 18, 1982: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul in Douala.

Bishops

Ordinaries

;''Prefect Apostolic of Douala'' * (Father) Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. (1931-1932); ''see below'' ;''Vicars Apostolic of Douala'' * Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. (1932-1945); ''see above'' * Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp. (1946-1957) ;''Bishops of Douala'' * Thomas Mongo (1957-1973) * Simon Tonyé (1973-1982): ''see below'' ;''Archbishops of Douala'' * Simon Tonyé (1982-1991); ''see above'' * Cardinal

(1991-2009) * Samuel Kleda (2009–present)

Coadjutor bishops

* Simon Tonyé (1969-1973) *

Samuel Kleda Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bib ...

(2007-2009)

Auxiliary bishops

* Thomas Mongo (1955-1957), appointed Bishop here * Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (1987-1993), appointed Bishop of Edéa *

Gabriel Simo Gabriel Simo (March 15, 1937 in Bapa, Hauts-Plateaux – November 24, 2017 in Bafoussam) was the Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala (1987–1994) and Roman Catholic ...

(1987-1994), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam *

Dieudonné Bogmis Dieudonné Bogmis (12 January 1955 – 25 August 2018) was a Cameroonian Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Cameroon, Bogmis was ordained to the priesthood in 1983. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala The Roman ...

(1999-2004), appointed Bishop of Eséka

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Pierre-Célestin Nkou Pierre-Célestin Nkou (8 November 1927 − 16 May 1983) was a Cameroonian Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1956, Nkou was named bishop of the Diocese of Sangmélima, Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), off ...

, appointed Bishop of Sangmélima in 1963 * Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb, appointed Bishop of Batouri in 2018

Suffragan Dioceses

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Bafoussam Bafoussam is the capital and largest city of the West Region of Cameroon, in the Bamboutos Mountains. It is the 3rd most important (financially) city in Cameroon, after Yaoundé and Douala. The ''communauté urbaine'' (Urban Community) of Bafous ...

Edéa Edéa is a city located along the Sanaga River in Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It lies on the Cameroon National Railways Authority, Douala–Yaoundé railway line. Its population was estimated at 122,300 in 2001. Th ...

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Sources

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