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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokadouma ( la, Yokaduman(a)) is a
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in the
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of the Metropolitan of
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in Eastern
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, yet depends on the missionary
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. Its
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episcopal see is Cathédrale Marie Reine de la Paix, dedicated to
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, in the city of
Yokadouma Yokadouma is a town and Catholic bishopric in eastern Cameroon, lying near the border with the Central African Republic. It was an early French administrative centre. During the colonial period, Yokadouma was the centre for a widespread but ill-f ...
.


History

It was established on May 20, 1991 as Diocese of Yokadouma, on territory split off from the Diocese of Bertoua.


Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 20,050 Catholics (13.6% of 147,054 total) on 30,467 km2 in 14 parishes with 21 priests (16 diocesan, 5 religious), 38 lay religious (6 brothers, 32 sisters) and 5 seminarians.


Episcopal ordinaries

(all
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) Suffragan Bishops of Yokadouma: * Eugeniusz Juretzko,
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(O.M.I.) (born Poland) (20 May 1991 - 25 April 2017) * Paul Lontsié-Keuné (first native incumbent) (25 April 2017 – 27 November 2021), no previous prelature


See also

* List of Catholic dioceses in Cameroon *
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Sources and external links


GCatholic.org - data for all sections
Roman Catholic dioceses in Cameroon Roman Catholic dioceses established in 1991 1991 establishments in Cameroon Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Bertoua {{Africa-RC-diocese-stub