The Congregation, initially called “Missionary Daughters of our Lady of Fatima”, simply known today as: “Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima”, was founded on 2nd October 1949, in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima at Pieve (Perugia) in Italy, by Mother Emma Pia Pignanelli. She died in 1975. It is an Institute of Consecrated […]
The Congregation of the Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod is an Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right which was started in Chavanod, South East of France, in 1838 by Mother Claudine Echernier and Father Pierre Marie Mermier. Their charism is to participate generously in the Mystery of Jesus’ death and Resurrection in the […]
Congregation of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus The Congregation of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus is an Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right, founded on 15th January 1931 by Mother Mary Charles Magdalen Walker, a Religious of the Sisters of Charity. She came to Nigeria under the invitation of Bishop […]
The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus of Buea Diocese is an Institute of Consecrated Life of Diocesan Right. It was founded by the Rt. Rev. Jules Peeters, Bishop of Buea in 1963. They have communities in the Dioceses of Buea, Kumbo, Mamfe, Douala and in one Diocese in Spain. […]
The Capuchin sisters arrived in Bambili, in the Archdiocese of Bamenda on 11th October, 2004 and were officially welcomed by the Parishioners on 24th October, 2004. Their Charism is to love God, “The Supreme Good” and to serve him in the least of their brothers and sisters as apostles of grace and salvation, with a […]
Diocesan Clergy There are 136 Diocesan Priests incardinated into the Archdiocese of Bamenda working along with the Religious and Diocesan Priests from other Dioceses. Since 2014, 68 priests have been ordained for the Archdiocese of Bamenda. We render immense thanks to God for the increase in the number of vocations to the Priesthood. At the […]
There are 229 Women Religious distributed into 18 different Institutes of Consecrated Life who are living and working in the Archdiocese of Bamenda. Since the last Quinquennial Report, 7 new Institutes of Consecrated Life have made foundations in the Archdiocese of Bamenda, namely, the Capuchin Sisters, Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Handmaid […]
Two members of the Congregation of Sons of Mary, Mother of Mercy came to the Archdiocese in January 2021. When they arrived, they were assigned two parishes of the Archdiocese (St. Patrick’s Parish, Njinteh and All Saints Parish, Bayelle) to get familiar with the basic policies and functioning of the Archdiocese. In April 2021, they […]
A small community of the Little Brothers of Jesus in Bamenda is made up of three finally professed and one temporarily professed members. Besides their witness of a life of contemplation in the midst of the people, one of them is in charge of the Archdiocesan Department for Construction. Male Institutes of Consecrated Life […]
The Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God have two Communities in the Archdiocese with one priest and five Brothers finally professed and one Brother in temporal vows. They run a Health Centre and pastorally assist the priests of St. Sebastian’s Parish, Batibo. They equally run a Health centre in Abangoh quarter Bamenda.
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