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 the announcement, preparations started off to welcome the new Archbishop to Bamenda.   On Saturday, 22 […]

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 discussions about the mercy of God and […]

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 […]

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 it offers to its students.   The University […]

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 year of discernment before admission into the Major […]

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 the Evangelization of Peoples declared the […]

The Archdiocese of Bamenda houses a number of Institutions of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda for the formation of candidates for the Priesthood and for the Higher Education of the youth, as well as the Marriage Tribunal of First Instance. These are under the immediate jurisdiction of the Local Ordinary.     Thomas Aquinas’ Major […]

In the Archdiocese of Bamenda, there are about 17 Prayer and Action Groups in the various parishes and Quasi Parishes. These include: Association of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Divine Mercy Devotion, Legion of Mary, Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement, Precious Blood of Jesus Devotion, Blue Army, Bona Mors, St. […]

In the Archdiocese of Bamenda, the Spiritual Life of the faithful is nourished through the various devotions that are organized during the course of the year.   Every month, there is the First Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in most of the parishes of the Archdiocese. This was intensified with the advent […]