Author Archives: Communication Department, Archdiocese of Bamenda

The Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart have one community in the Archdiocese of Bamenda, with one finally professed Sister, three temporarily professed sisters and ten postulants.   Since the last Quinquennial Report, they have moved into their newly constructed convent and Formation house, and have opened a Nursery School in their new site. […]

The sisters of Christ have only one community in the Archdiocese of Bamenda with five members, Four finally professed and one temporarily professed. They are deeply involved in pastoral and social work in St. Peter’s Parish, Bambui.   2.15.   The Infant Jesus Sisters   These sisters who resided at Fundong left the area because of […]

The Sisters of St. Ann have four Communities in Bamenda Archdiocese, including the new community which has been established to take care of the newly open Divine Mercy Centre. It is situated about two kilometres from the Formation House. This new community serves as a centre for the promotion of the Divine Mercy Devotion, counselling, […]

The Sisters Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick, have two communities: in Widikum and in Alakuma – Mankon, with a total of thirty-two (34) sisters, nineteen (20) finally professed and thirteen (14) with temporal vows. There are seven Novices in the Formation House.   Since the last Quinquennial Report, the following developments have been […]

The Holy Union Sisters have moved from two communities in the last Quinquennial Report to four communities. The two new communities are in St. Mary’s Catholic Comprehensive High School, Ndop and St. Paul’s Comprehensive College, Nkwen, respectively. St. Mary’s Catholic Comprehensive High School is owned and run by them. St. Paul’s Comprehensive College, Nkwen belongs […]

The Sisters of the Order of Preachers continue to make an important contribution to the work of evangelization in this Archdiocese as one of its spiritual power houses. They are very much appreciated by the faithful. This is shown by the growing number of them who are attracted to become Lay Dominicans. The Dominican Monastary […]

The Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary Since the last Quinquennial Report, the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary have maintained three Communities in the Archdiocese of Bamenda, with a total of Sixteen Sisters. These Communities are Akum, Mankon and Ngomgham. Ngomgham is the West African Candidacy of the Congregation and presently has twenty-two candidates. […]

Since the last Quinquennial Report, the communities of the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis have grown from eight to nine, the youngest being Ntasen. They have a total of 91 sisters, 60 finally professed and 31 in temporal vows who live and work in the Archdiocese of Bamenda.   New developments within the congregation comprise: […]

At the invitation of the Archbishop, the Sisters of Divine Providence came to the Archdiocese of Bamenda in June 2021. They are in control of the Health Centre in Our Lady of Lourde’s Parish, Njindom.   Female Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life which have been in the Archdiocese before the period […]

Congregation of the Sisters of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Passionist Sisters) This Congregation was created in 1918 in Poland by Mother Josepha Halacinska. It is an Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right, and follows the Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi. It is both contemplative and active. […]