BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BAMENDA When the Diocese of Bamenda was created on 13th 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, […]
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The Archdiocesan Family Life Apostolate Activities of the Family Life Apostolate in the Archdiocese can be traced back as far as the coming of the faith into this area, considering the efforts of individual Priests encouraging young men and women to get married in Church in order to form Christian Families. Right from 1980, […]
The Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province Health Assistance (BEPHA) The Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province Health Assistance (BEPHA) scheme was effectively started in 2007 in order to make health care more accessible and more affordable. It is a mutual health insurance scheme initiated by the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda as their contribution towards the alleviation […]
The Archdiocesan Health Coordination Office This service was created on 31 October, 1999. There is an Archdiocesan Health Coordinator and a Medical Doctor who consults in the outreach health centres. The Archdiocesan Health Centres are directly the responsibility of the Coordination Office and are visited monthly for Doctor’s consultation and more often when deemed […]
The Archdiocesan Youth Ministry The Archdiocesan Youth Ministry is coordinated by the Archdiocesan Youth Chaplain. The youth groups are organized in an Archdiocesan Youth Federation whose main aim is to coordinate the activities of young people in the Archdiocese. The Youth Chaplain is assisted by a Youth Formation Team and a Youth Council, […]
The Archdiocesan Justice and Peace Service The Justice and Peace Commission was established in December 2002 in accordance with the provisions slated in the Provincial Pastoral Plan. It was first established as a Commission, and functioned as such for 4 years, and was later reorganized as an Archdiocesan Service in the year 2006 with […]
The Archdiocesan Social Welfare/Caritas Service The Social Welfare/Caritas Coordination Service of the Archdiocese of Bamenda was created in May 2007 with the appointment of Benedicta Muffuh as the Archdiocesan Coordinator of the Service. The Service was charged with the promotion of the social welfare of the people and the better organization of the Charity […]
Golden Jubilee Prayer Almighty God and Father, We thank you for the marvelous growth in faith during the past fifty years of its existence. We thank you for all the blessings we have received. We thank you for the Pastors you have given us, Who in truth and love have nurtured our faith. […]
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BANGUI The Archdiocese of Bamenda recently established links with the Archdiocese of Bangui- Central African Republic. There are two priets of the Archdiocese of Bamenda serving as Fidei Donum priest there. There are two seminarians from there who are to begin seminary studies in the St Thomas Aquinas’s Major Seminary […]
Partnership with the United States of America The Archdiocese of Bamenda has been linked with the Archdiocese of Chicago for some years now and some other Dioceses in the United States of America. The Representative of the Archdiocese of Bamenda in the United States is a permanent Deacon who oversees the various activities and […]
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