Cathédrale Saint Pièrre et Paul de Douala1

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala is the

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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 Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun * 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 (2007-2009)

Auxiliary bishops

* Thomas Mongo (1955-1957), appointed Bishop here * Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (1987-1993), appointed Bishop of Edéa * Gabriel Simo (1987-1994), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam * Dieudonné Bogmis (1999-2004), appointed Bishop of Eséka

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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

Suffragan Dioceses

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* Eséka *

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Sources

GCatholic.org
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