Author Archives: Communication Department, Archdiocese of Bamenda

ADMINISTRATIVE AND PASTORAL ORGANISATION     ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANISATION     The Local Ordinary and his Immediate Collaborators   1.1.   The Local Ordinary   Name:                                               Most Rev. Andrew Fuanya Nkea Date of Birth:                                    29/08/1965 Place of Birth:                                  Widikum Nationality:                                                 Cameroonian Priestly Ordination:                         22nd April 1992 in Regina Caeli Cathedral, Small Soppo by […]

CIVIL ADMINISTRATION   The Region is headed by a Governor whose seat of administration is at Bamenda. Each Division is headed by a Senior Divisional Officer (S.D.O). Within each Division, there are Sub-Divisions, each of which is headed by a Divisioner Officer (D.O). All these Officials fall under the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation. […]

RELIGIOUS SITUATION   As already mentioned above, in a population estimated at, a little over, 1.482.453, the number of Catholics is estimated at 620,513 of the total number of inhabitants in the Archdiocese. This is about 41.857 per cent of the population.   There are two Protestant ecclesial communities: The Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) […]

DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION   According to the information from the International Institute for Statistics, Cameroon has a total population of 22.522.950 (unpublished census of December 2019). It is divided into 10 Administrative Regions which are further divided into Divisions or Departments. The North West Region, with Bamenda as the Capital, covers an area of 17.300 square […]

SOCIO – ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES   The overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of the Archdiocese consist of self-employed farmers. Industrial activity is virtually non-existent. The cultivation of local food products such as maize, vegetables, potatoes, beans, yams, cassava, etc., has become increasingly very important over the years and constitutes the mainstay of the economic life of […]

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION   The Archdiocese of Bamenda lies between the 5th and 7th latitudes North, and between the 9th and 11th degrees East longitude. It covers an area of 10.000 square kilometres. On three sides, the Archdiocese forms a fairly distinct geographical unit. It is marked off from the Upper Cross River Basin by a […]

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BAMENDA   When the Diocese of Bamenda was created on 13th August 1970, with territory detached from the former Diocese of Buea, it covered the whole territory of the North West Region of Cameroon and had a Catholic population of 129.984, spread over 22 parishes. On 18 March 1982, […]

ERECTION OF THE DIOCESE   Pope Paul VI, by the Bull Tametsi Christianarum of 13th August 1970, erected the Diocese of Bamenda with territory detached from the Diocese of Buea. On 18th March 1982, Pope John Paul II, by the Bull Eo Magis Ecclesia Catholica, created the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province, making Bamenda the Metropolitan See of the same Province. By the […]

The Archdiocesan Health Coordination Office   This service was created on 31 October, 1999. There is an Archdiocesan Health Coordinator and a Medical Doctor who consults in the outreach health centres. The Archdiocesan Health Centres are directly the responsibility of the Coordination Office and are visited monthly for Doctor’s consultation and more often when deemed […]

The Archdiocesan Youth Ministry             The Archdiocesan Youth Ministry is coordinated by the Archdiocesan Youth Chaplain. The youth groups are organized in an Archdiocesan Youth Federation whose main aim is to coordinate the activities of young people in the Archdiocese. The Youth Chaplain is assisted by a Youth Formation Team and a Youth Council, Deanery […]