Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala



The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala (Archidioecesis Dualaensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon. The current archbishop is Archbishop Samuel Kleda; he had previously been the coadjutor archbishop to the Archbishop Emeritus, Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi.

History

 * March 31, 1931: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Douala from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun
 * May 27, 1932: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Douala
 * September 14, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Douala
 * March 18, 1982: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala

Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul in Douala.

Ordinaries

 * Prefect Apostolic of Douala
 * (Father) Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. (1931-1932); see below


 * Vicars Apostolic of Douala
 * Mathurin-Marie Le Mailloux, C.S.Sp. (1932-1945); see above
 * Pierre Bonneau, C.S.Sp. (1946-1957)


 * Bishops of Douala
 * Thomas Mongo (1957-1973)
 * Simon Tonyé (1973-1982): see below


 * Archbishops of Douala
 * Simon Tonyé (1982-1991); see above
 * Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi (1991-2009)
 * Samuel Kleda (2009–present)

Coadjutor bishops

 * Simon Tonyé (1969-1973)
 * Samuel Kleda (2007-2009)

Auxiliary bishops

 * Thomas Mongo (1955-1957), appointed Bishop here
 * Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot (1987-1993), appointed Bishop of Edéa
 * Gabriel Simo (1987-1994), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam
 * Dieudonné Bogmis (1999-2004), appointed Bishop of Eséka

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

 * Pierre-Célestin Nkou, appointed Bishop of Sangmélima in 1963
 * Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb, appointed Bishop of Batouri in 2018

Suffragan Dioceses

 * Bafang
 * Bafoussam
 * Edéa
 * Eséka
 * Nkongsamba