Archdiocese of Yaoundé
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.
History
- March 18, 1890: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroun from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon
- January 2, 1905: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun
- April 3, 1931: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé
- September 14, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé
Special churches
The seat of the metropolitan archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires in Yaoundé. There is also a Minor Basilica at Mary Queen of the Apostles Basilica in Yaoundé.Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Yaoundé, below
- * Archbishop Jean Mbarga 2014-
- * Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé-Bakot 2003-2013
- * Archbishop André Wouking 1998 – 2002
- * Archbishop Jean Zoa 1961 – 1998
- * Archbishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. 1955 – 1961; see below
- Vicars Apostolic of Yaoundé, velow
- * Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. 1943 – 1955; see above
- * Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. 1931 – 1943; see below
- Vicars Apostolic of Cameroun, below
- * Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. 1923 – 1931: see above
- * Bishop Franziskus Hennemann, S.A.C. 1914 – 1922, appointed Prefect of Cape of Good Hope, Central District, South Africa
- * Bishop Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. 1904 – 1914
Coadjutor vicars apostolic
- Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C.
- René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp.
Auxiliary bishops
- Paul Etoga, appointed Bishop of Mbalmayo
- Jean-Baptiste Ama, appointed Bishop of Sangmélima
- Christophe Zoa, appointed Bishop of Sangmélima
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Jean-Marie Benoît Balla, appointed Bishop of Bafia in 2003
- Joseph Befe Ateba, appointed Bishop of Kribi in 2008
- Dieudonné Espoir Atangana, appointed Bishop of Nkongsamba in 2012