Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nkongsamba is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Douala in Cameroon.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception at Nkongsamba, in Moungo Department in the Littoral Region.Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 148,062 Catholics on 4,057 km² in 505 parishes, 3 missions with 80 priests, 130 lay religious and 40 seminarians.History
Established on April 28, 1914 as Apostolic Prefecture of Adamaua, an immense territory on the Adamawa Pateau, split off from the much vaster still Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum, in the then Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.
Renamed on June 11, 1923 as Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban, after its see Fumban.
Promoted on May 28, 1934 as Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban, hence entitled to a bishop.
It lost territory repeatedly :
On September 14, 1955, it was promoted and renamed as Diocese of Nkongsamba after its present see.Bishops
Ordinaries
;Apostolic Prefects of Adamaua
;Apostolic Prefects of Foumban
- Fr. Joseph Donatien Plissonneau, S.C.I.
- Fr. Paul Bouque, S.C.I.
; Apostolic Vicar of Foumban
;Suffragan Bishops of Nkongsamba
