Archdiocese of Yaoundé

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé (Latin: Yaunden(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Yaoundé in Cameroon.

History

Special churches

The seat of the metropolitan archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre Dame des Victoires in Yaoundé. There is also a Minor Basilica at Mary Queen of the Apostles Basilica in Yaoundé.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Yaoundé (Roman rite), below
  • Vicars Apostolic of Yaoundé (Roman rite), below Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. (4 Mar 1943 – 14 Sep 1955); see above; Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. (3 Apr 1931 – 4 Mar 1943); see below
  • Vicars Apostolic of Cameroun (Roman rite), below Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. (19 May 1923 – 3 Apr 1931); see above Apostolic Administrator François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. (6 May 1922 – 19 May 1923); Bishop Franziskus Hennemann, S.A.C. (7 Nov 1914 – 21 Jun 1922), appointed Prefect of Cape of Good Hope, Central District, South Africa; Bishop Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. (2 Jan 1905 – 7 Nov 1914); see below
  • Prefect Apostolic of Cameroun (Roman rite), below Father Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. (18 Mar 1890 – 2 Jan 1905); see above

Coadjutor vicars apostolic

  • Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C. (1913-1914)
  • René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. (1931-1943)

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Suffragan Dioceses