The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebolowa ( la, Ebolouanus) is a

diocese In 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 provinces were administratively associa ...

located in the city of

Ebolowa Ebolowa is the capital of Cameroon's South Region. It has a population of 79,500 (2001 estimate). It is a colonial town and a notable agricultural centre. Overview The main crop is cocoa. It also hosts an important number of administrative se ...

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

* May 20, 1991: Established as Diocese of Ebolowa–Kribi from the

Diocese of Sangmélima In 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 provinces were administratively associate ...

. *June 19, 2008: Diocese was split to form the Diocese of Ebolowa and the Diocese of Kribi.

Leadership

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s of Ebolowa (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop

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(October 22, 2016 - present); consecrated, and installed, on the following Dec. 8 ** Bishop Jean Mbarga (October 15, 2004 – October 31, 2014); Diocese of Kribi detached; served also as

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of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaounde from July 29, 2013; elevated to Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaounde, based in Yaounde, Cameroon, by

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, while serving as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Ebolowa ** Bishop

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(May 20, 1991 – March 15, 2002)

References

Sources

GCatholic.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ebolowa Roman Catholic dioceses in Cameroon Roman Catholic dioceses established in 1991 1991 establishments in Cameroon Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Yaoundé

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