Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Garoua

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Garoua is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Garoua in Cameroon.

History

• 1947.01.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua from the Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban
• 1953.03.24: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Garoua
• 1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Garoua
• 1982.03.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Garoua

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Sainte Thérèse in Garoua.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Prefect Apostolic of Garoua (Roman rite)
  • Father Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. 1947.03.25 – 1953.03.24; see below
• Vicar Apostolic of Garoua (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. 1953.03.24 – 1955.09.14; see above & below
• Bishop of Garoua (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. 1955.09.14 – 1982.03.18; see above & below
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Garoua (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. 1982.03.18 – 1984.03.17; see above
  • Archbishop Christian Wiyghan Tumi 1984.03.17 - 1991.08.31 (Cardinal in 1988), appointed Archbishop of Douala
  • Archbishop Antoine Ntalou since 1992.01.23

Coadjutor archbishop

• Christian Wiyghan Tumi (1982-1984); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishop

• Jean-Marie-Joseph-Augustin Pasquier, O.M.I. (1969-1982), appointed Bishop of Ngaoundéré

Suffragan Dioceses

• Maroua–Mokolo
• Ngaoundéré
• Yagoua

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Cameroon

Sources

• catholic-hierarchy
• GCatholic.org