Author Archives: Communication Department, Archdiocese of Bamenda

Celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity   With regard to Ecumenism, meetings with the Pastors of the Presbyterian Church and Baptist Church were being held. The Meetings were called mainly to prepare for the week of Prayer for Christian Unity.   The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity did not take place […]

Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Creation of the Archdiocese of Bamenda   On Tuesday, 13 August 2019, Archbishop Cornelius Esua issued a communique to all the Faithful, announcing the Golden Jubilee of the erection of the Diocese of Bamenda. A Steering Committee, with Fr. William Neba, as the Chairperson, was created to prepare, organize and […]

Visit of the Cardinal Secretary of State of the Vatican, Pietro Cardinal Parolin/Reception of the Pallium   The Cardinal Secretary of State of the Vatican, Pietro Cardinal Parollin paid a visit to Bamenda on 30 and 31 January 2021 in the context of tense socio-political atmosphere in the English-Speaking Regions of Cameroon. He got to […]

The Appointment of a New Archbishop for Bamenda/Handing of the Crosier by the Former Archbishop   It was on Monday, 29 December 2019 that Archbishop Cornelius Esua informed the Christians of Bamenda that the Holy Father had decided on his successor, in the person of Rt. Rev. Andrew Nkea, formerly the Bishop of Mamfe. With […]

Celebration of the Year of Mercy   The Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, declared by Pope Francis in 2015, which was to run from 8 December 2015 to November 2016, was celebrated throughout the Archdiocese at all the different levels of evangelization: Small Christian Community, Mission Stations, Parish, and at the Archdiocesan level. There were […]

Unlike in the past, now there is an increasing number of requests for the nullity of marriages. The Archdiocese of Bamenda does not have its own Marriage Tribunal to handle these cases because we do not possess a sufficient number of qualified personnel for this purpose. The Dioceses of the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province have pulled […]

The Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda   Since 2010 when the Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda opened its doors to the first batch of students, it has continued to provide wings for its students to fly. CATUC has continued to excel in the academic milieu in Cameroon, reputed for the quality of education […]

John Mary Vianney Spiritual Formation Centre, Bafut   St. John Mary Vianney Spiritual Formation Centre, Bafut caters for the formation of the candidates who intend to do their Priestly Formation in St. John Paul II Major Seminary, Bachu-Ntai, and, ultimately, St. Thomas Aquinas’ Major Seminary, Bambui during the Propaedeutic or Spiritual Year. It is a […]

Thomas Aquinas’ Major Seminary, Bambui   St. Thomas Aquinas’ Major Seminary, Bambui – Bamenda, was opened in September 1973 and officially inaugurated on 3rd December 1973 as a Regional Major Seminary for the Dioceses of Buea and Bamenda. After about four years, precisely on 14th October 1977, by Decree Prot. No. 4684/77, the Congregation for […]