The Archdiocesan Education Secretariat, in general, ensures that schools and colleges in the Archdiocese are run smoothly on behalf of the proprietor, who is the Local Ordinary. It does this by ensuring the recruitment and employment of tutors and teachers in the whole Agency for Basic and Secondary Education. It carries out administrative duties and […]
Category Archives: SERVICES
Paul VI Memorial Pastoral Centre was established quite some years ago before the period of this Quinquennial Report and it provides accommodation for the clergy, religious and laity for spiritual and pastoral activities. It also renders services to non-Church organizations. From the last Quinquennial Report, we have constructed and consecrated a befitting chapel and a […]
Vicar General Name: Rev. Fr. William Neba Date of Birth: 15/12/1951 Place of Birth: Bafut Nationality: Cameroonian Priestly Ordination: 28/04/1977 Mother Tongue: Bafut Date of appointment: 22nd February 2020
The Local Ordinary and his Immediate Collaborators 1.1. The Local Ordinary Name: Most Rev. Andrew Fuanya Nkea Date of Birth: 29/08/1965 Place of Birth: Widikum Nationality: Cameroonian Priestly Ordination: 22nd April 1992 in Regina Caeli Cathedral, Small Soppo by Right Reverend Pius Suh Awa, Bishop of Buea. Episcopal Ordination: […]
RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER CHURCHES Partnership between the Archdiocese of Bamenda and the Diocese of Portsmouth, England The Archdiocese of Bamenda, for the past 49 years, has been linked to the Diocese of Porthsmouth. This partnership has been of great help to both Dioceses, especially with the exchange of Fidei Donum Priests and the regular […]
ECONOMIC AND MATERIAL SITUATION OF THE ARCHDIOCESE Parish Finances from 2014 to 2021 Generally speaking, since the last Quinquennial Report, our financial situation has improved, especially with the increasing creation of awareness in the minds of many Christians to assume their duties and responsibilities in the Church. Following the recommendation of St. John […]
SPIRITUAL LIFE AND GROWTH OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BAMENDA SPIRITUAL LIFE AND GROWTH OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BAMENDA Administration of the Sacraments of Christian Initiation and of Anointing of the Sick The statistics below about the administration of the sacraments according to the various parishes are gleaned from the Sacred Returns since […]
ECCLESIASTICAL CIRCUMSCRIPTIONS Due to the steady growth of the Christian population and the fact that the Archdiocese still has huge areas of primary evangelization, there is the urgent necessity to carve out new ecclesiastical circumscriptions in order to bring the Gospel to those who have not yet heard it, and to provide better pastoral […]
The Focolare Movement The Focolare Movement, also known as the Work of Mary, has two communities in the Archdiocese of Bamenda: one for the Male Branch – the Focolarini – in St. John the Baptist Parish, Foncha Street, Nkwen and the other for the Female Branch – the Focolarine – in St. Pius […]
Members of the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Male Clerical and Non-Clerical Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Male Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in the Archdiocese at the Period covered by this Report are: Mill Hill Missionaries The […]