Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokadouma

Diocese of Yokadouma Dioecesis Yokadumana
Location
Country	Cameroon
Ecclesiastical province	Bertoua
Statistics
Area	11,767 sq mi (30,480 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2022) 164,000 25,600 (15.6%)
Parishes	14
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 20, 1991 (33 years ago)
Secular priests	20
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Justin Georges Ebengue
Bishops emeritus	Paul Lontsié-Keuné (2017 - 2021)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokadouma (Latin : Yokaduman(a)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Bertoua in Eastern Cameroon, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Marie Reine de la Paix, dedicated to Our Lady Queen of Peace, in the city of Yokadouma.

History

It was established on May 20, 1991 on territory split off from the Diocese of Bertoua.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 20,050 Catholics (13.6% of 147,054 total) on 30,467 km² in 14 parishes with 21 priests (16 diocesan, 5 religious), 38 lay religious (6 brothers, 32 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Yokadouma:

• Eugeniusz Juretzko, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) (born Poland) (May 20, 1991 - April 25, 2017)
• Paul Lontsié-Keuné (first native incumbent) (April 25, 2017 – November 27, 2021), no previous prelature
• Justin Georges Ebengue (appointed January 10, 2025)

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Cameroon
• Roman Catholicism in Cameroon

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections

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