Diocese of Bafang
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bafang is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.
Though it is a suffragan diocese, it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its episcopal seat is the Cathédrale du Cœur-Immaculé de Marie, a cathedral dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Bafang, in the Haut-Nkam department of the West Province, Cameroon.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally serves 124,193 Catholics on 7,229 km2 in 25 parishes and 91 missions. It had 34 priests, 11 lay religious and 12 seminarians.History
The diocese was established on 26 May 2012 without a formal missionary stage as the Diocese of Bafang on territory was split off from the Diocese of Nkongsamba, located in the same province.Ordinaries
Its first and only incumbent is:- Abraham Kome, born 2 July 1969 in Cameroon, ordained a priest on 11 December 1999, consecrated Bishop on 15 July 2012.