(Death, Heaven, Purgatory, Hell)
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults
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Catholic Church in Cameroon
The Catholic
Church in (A republic on the western coast of
central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960) Cameroon
is part of the worldwide (The Christian Church
based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy) Roman
Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the
(The head of the Roman Catholic Church) Pope
and ((Roman Catholic Church) the central
administration governing the Roman Catholic Church) curia in
(Capital and largest city of Italy; on the
Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman
Republic and the Roman Empire) Rome.
The Roman Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its
largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 4.25 million baptized
Catholics in the Republic of Cameroon, 26% of the population, in 23
(The territorial jurisdiction of a bishop) Dioceses.
There are 1,350 (A clergyman in Christian
churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites;
one of the Holy Orders) priests and 2,600 men and women in religious
orders.
Within Cameroon the hierarchy consists of:
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*Archbishopric **Bishopric |
Bamenda
Buéa
Kumbo
Mamfe
Bertoua
Batouri
Doumé-Abong'
Mbang
Yokadouma
Douala
Bafoussam
Edéa
Eséka
Nkongsamba
Garoua
Maroua-Mokolo
Ngaoundéré
Yagoua
Yaoundé
Bafia
Ebolowa-Kribi
Mbalmayo
Obala
Sangmelima