Roman Catholicism in Cameroon

Yaoundé cathedral

The Catholic Church in Cameroon is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

There are an estimated 4.25 million baptised Catholics in the Republic of Cameroon, 26% of the population, in 24 Dioceses. There are 1,350 priests and 2,600 men and women in religious orders.

Map of Cameroon

Hierarchy

Within Cameroon the hierarchy consists of:

Archbishopric
- Bishopric

Bamenda
- Buéa
- Kumbo
- Mamfe

Bertoua

Douala
- Bafang
- Bafoussam
- Edéa
- Eséka
- Nkongsamba

Garoua

Yaoundé
- Bafia
- Ebolowa
- Kribi
- Mbalmayo
- Obala
- Sangmélima

Roman Catholicism in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

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