Diocese of Yokadouma Dioecesis Yokadumana | |
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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 |
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.
It was established on May 20, 1991 on territory split off from the Diocese of Bertoua.
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.
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Suffragan Bishops of Yokadouma:
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