BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BAMENDA

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BAMENDA

When the Diocese of Bamenda was created on 13^th August 1970, with territory detached from the former Diocese of Buea, it covered the whole territory of the North West Region of Cameroon and had a Catholic population of 129.984, spread over 22 parishes. On 18 March 1982, part of the diocese was carved out to form the Diocese of Kumbo, leaving the territory which became the Archdiocese of Bamenda with a new Catholic Population of 114.497, spread over 17 parishes. Today, the Archdiocese has an estimated Catholic population of about 620,513 out of a total population of 1.457.053 inhabitants.