Diocese of Kumbo, Cameroon 🇨🇲

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Kumbo / Kumboën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bamenda

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bamenda (←), Wukari (↑), Yola (↗), Ngaoundéré (→), Bafoussam (↓)

1982.03.18: Established as Diocese of Kumbo / Kumboën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bamenda and became suffragan of Bamenda)

Bishop (2006.07.08 – ...):

Bishop George Nkuo (73)

Bishops of Kumbo (Roman Rite)

Bishop George Nkuo (73)
(2006.07.08 – ...)

Bishop of Kumbo (Cameroon)

Priest of Buéa (Cameroon) (1981.04.26 – 2006.07.08)

Bishop of Kumbo (Cameroon) (2006.07.08 – ...)

Bishop Cornelius Fontem Esua (82) (later Archbishop)
(1982.09.10 – 2004.12.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bamenda (Cameroon)

Priest of Buéa (Cameroon) (1971.12.29 – 1982.09.10)

Bishop of Kumbo (Cameroon) (1982.09.10 – 2004.12.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (2004.12.07 – 2006.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon) (2006.01.23 – 2019.12.30)

Archbishop Paul Verdzekov
(Apostolic Administrator 1982.03.18 – 1982.09.10)

Area: 8,600 km²

Population: 146,523 Catholics (15.0% of 977,080 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 113 priests (85 diocesan, 28 religious), 217 religious (74 brothers, 143 sisters), 130 seminarians