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 […]
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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 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 […]
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