The Marist Brothers of the Schools, before the Anglophone Crisis, had two communities in the Archdiocese, with six finally professed members and five in temporal vows. Four of them were serving in St. Joseph’s College, Mbengwi, an Archdiocesan secondary school that was entrusted to them, while seven of them served in St. Albert’s Comprehensive College, […]

The Order of the Augustinians Discalced (OAD) is a reformed form of the Order of St Augustine (OSA). It was born on May 1592. The Order is a clerical Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right. Their charism is: “Service of the Most High in the spirit of humility”. Their General House is in Rome, […]

The Pious Society of Saint Francis Xavier for the Foreign Missions or the Xaverians had one member working in the Archdiocese of Bamenda. He opened St. Paul’s Parish, Benakuma, where he served as Parish Priest for almost two decades. He got retired and took residence in the same parish, but later left due to ill […]

Patrick’s Missionary Society (The Kiltegans)   St. Patrick’s Missionary Society or the Kiltegans is an Irish Society of Apostolic Life. At the moment, there is only one Kiltegan Priest serving in the Archdiocese of Bamenda, the one-time, coordinator of two houses for mentally disturbed homeless people in Bamenda urban area, presently the Principal of St. […]

The Marist Fathers have one community in the Archdiocese which is administering Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Bambili which was created in August 1997 and entrusted to them. They are also taking care of the Chaplaincy for the students in CCAST (Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology). They have established a Handicapped Centre as […]

The Order of Friars Minor, Capuchins have one community in Bambui with six Priests, six finally professed Brothers, four of whom are studying in St. Thomas Aquinas’ Major Seminary, Bambui. There are nine Post Novices studying in the Friary.   They are deeply involved in pastoral and social apostolates. Since the last Quinquennial Report, they […]

Presently, the Piarists Fathers have two communities in the Archdiocese of Bamenda: St. Michael’s Parish, Futru, and the Agro-Pastoral Project at Menteh. The community in Futru has six priests and the Scholasticate 2 priests with six candidates doing the first year Philosophy and Sixteen candidates in second year Philosophy at the Catholic University of Cameroon […]

The Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, otherwise known as the “Conceptionists” are an Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right. It was founded on 8th September 1857 by Blessed Luigi Maria Monti. It is made up of Priests and Brothers with equal rights and duties. The present Superior General is a Rev. […]

Up till 2017, the Claretian Missionaries were entrusted with the running of two Parishes, namely, Christ the King’s Parish, Fuli-Kom and Our Lady of Assumption Parish, Santa. Because of the Anglophone crises that hit Kom so terribly, the Fathers in Fuli-Kom withdrew. The Claretian Missionaries are now present only in Santa.   At present, there […]

Presently, the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Bamenda has Twenty-five (25) members divided as follows: Twenty (21) solemnly professed Monks.  (4) of these are priests, Four (4) temporarily professed Monks, No Novices, No Postulants, They have not been able to elect an Abbot since 2013. At the moment, Brother Polycarp is acting as the […]