Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions in Cameroon 🇨🇲

Date	Change
1890.03.18	Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroun was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Deux Guinées)
1905.01.02	Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroun was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun
1914.04.28	Apostolic Prefecture of Adamaua was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun, Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum and Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari)
1923.06.11	Apostolic Prefecture of Adamaua was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban
1923.06.12	Apostolic Prefecture of Buéa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun and Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban)
1931.03.31	Apostolic Prefecture of Douala was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun)
1931.04.03	Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé
1932.05.27	Apostolic Prefecture of Douala was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Douala
1934.05.28	Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban
1939.03.15	Apostolic Prefecture of Buéa was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Buéa
1947.01.09	Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban)
1949.03.03	Apostolic Vicariate of Doumé was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé)
1950.04.18	Apostolic Vicariate of Buéa was promoted as Diocese of Buéa (became suffragan of Onitsha)
1953.03.24	Apostolic Prefecture of Garoua was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Garoua
1955.09.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Douala was promoted as Diocese of Douala (became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1955.09.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Doumé was promoted as Diocese of Doumé (became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1955.09.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Garoua was promoted as Diocese of Garoua (became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1955.09.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Foumban was promoted as Diocese of Nkongsamba (became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1955.09.14	Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé (with suffragan sees Douala, Doumé, Garoua and Nkongsamba)
1961.06.24	Diocese of Mbalmayo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1963.01.18	Diocese of Sangmélima was established (from Diocese of Douala and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1965.07.06	Apostolic Prefecture of Bafia was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé)
1968.01.11	Apostolic Prefecture of Bafia was promoted as Diocese of Bafia (became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1968.03.11	Apostolic Prefecture of Maroua–Mokolo was established (from Diocese of Garoua)
1968.03.11	Apostolic Prefecture of Yagoua was established (from Diocese of Garoua)
1970.02.05	Diocese of Bafoussam was established (from Diocese of Nkongsamba and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1970.08.13	Diocese of Bamenda was established (from Diocese of Buéa and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1973.01.29	Apostolic Prefecture of Maroua–Mokolo was promoted as Diocese of Maroua–Mokolo (became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1973.01.29	Apostolic Prefecture of Yagoua was promoted as Diocese of Yagoua (became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1982.03.18	Diocese of Bamenda was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamenda (with suffragan sees Buéa and Kumbo and lost territory to establish Diocese of Kumbo)
1982.03.18	Diocese of Douala was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala (with suffragan sees Bafoussam and Nkongsamba)
1982.03.18	Diocese of Garoua was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Garoua (with suffragan sees Maroua–Mokolo and Yagoua)
1982.03.18	Diocese of Kumbo was established (from Diocese of Bamenda and became suffragan of Bamenda)
1982.11.19	Diocese of Ngaoundéré was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Garoua and became suffragan of Garoua)
1983.03.17	Diocese of Bertoua was established (from Diocese of Doumé and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1983.03.17	Diocese of Doumé was renamed as Diocese of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (lost territory to establish Diocese of Bertoua)
1987.07.03	Diocese of Obala was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1991.05.20	Diocese of Ebolowa–Kribi was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala and Diocese of Sangmélima and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1991.05.20	Diocese of Yokadouma was established (from Diocese of Bertoua and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1993.03.22	Diocese of Edéa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala and became suffragan of Douala)
1993.03.22	Diocese of Eséka was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Douala and became suffragan of Douala)
1994.02.03	Diocese of Batouri was established (from Diocese of Bertoua and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
1994.11.11	Diocese of Bertoua was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bertoua (with suffragan sees Batouri, Doumé–Abong’ Mbang and Yokadouma)
1999.02.09	Diocese of Mamfe was established (from Diocese of Buéa and became suffragan of Bamenda)
2008.06.19	Diocese of Ebolowa–Kribi was renamed as Diocese of Ebolowa (lost territory to establish Diocese of Kribi)
2008.06.19	Diocese of Kribi was established (from Diocese of Ebolowa–Kribi and became suffragan of Yaoundé)
2012.05.26	Diocese of Bafang was established (from Diocese of Nkongsamba and became suffragan of Douala)
2014.01.13	Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was established
2016.03.15	Diocese of Kumba was established (from Diocese of Buéa and became suffragan of Bamenda)
2018.02.28	Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan (without ecclesiastical province)