Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala
The Archdiocese of Douala (Latin: Archidioecesis Dualaensis ) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Douala in Cameroon.
History
Pope Pius XI. founded with the Breve Apostolicum munus the Apostolic Prefecture of Douala on 31 March of 1931 annexations of the Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroon. On May 27, 1932, she was with the bull Ut praefecturae to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate raised.
With the bull Dum Tantis it was raised on 18 April 1950 in the rank of diocese, which was the Archdiocese of Yaoundé assumed as suffragan. With the Apostolic Constitution Eo magis catholica it was raised on 18 March 1982 in the rank of Metropolitanerzbistums.
Parts of its territory it lost in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
Ordinaries
Prefect Apostolic of Douala
- Mathurin -Marie Le Maillard CSSp (5 May 1931-27. May 1932 )
Vicars Apostolic of Douala
- Mathurin -Marie Le Maillard CSSp (27 May 1932-17. December 1945 )
- Pierre Bonneau CSSp (12 December 1946-14. September 1955 )
Bishops of Douala
- Thomas Mongo (5 July 1957-29. August 1973 )
- Simon tonye (29 August 1973-18. March 1982)
Archbishops of Douala
- Simon tonye (18 March 1982-31. August 1991 )
- Christian Wiyghan Tumi ( 31 August 1991-17. November 2009)
- Samuel Kleda ( since 17 November 2009)