Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon. The current archbishop is Archbishop Samuel Kleda; he had previously been the coadjutor archbishop to the Archbishop Emeritus, Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi.

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 Christian Wiyghan Tumi (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

Sources

GCatholic.org

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