Diocese of Doumé–Abong' Mbang

Diocese of Doumé–Abong' Mbang

*Dioecesis Dumensis-Abongensis-Mbangensis*

Diocèse de Doumé–Abong' Mbang
Diocese of Doumé–Abong' Mbang; Dioecesis Dumensis-Abongensis-Mbangensis; Diocèse de Doumé–Abong' Mbang
Location
Country	Cameroon
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Bertoua
Headquarters	Doumé, Cameroon
Statistics
Area	36,378 km2 (14,046 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2023); 293,000; 145,500 (49.7%);
Parishes	25
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	3 March 1949
Secular priests	66
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Jan Ozga
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Atanga, S.J.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (Latin: Dumen(sis)–Abongen(sis)–Mbangen(sis)) is a diocese located in the cities of Doumé and Abong’ Mbang in the ecclesiastical province of Bertoua in Cameroon.

History

3 March 1949: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Doumé from the Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé
14 September 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Doumé
17 March 1983: Renamed as Diocese of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang

Bishops of Doumé–Abong’ Mbang (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Jan Ozga (20 April 1997 – Present)
- Bishop Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. (17 March 1983 – 24 February 1995), resigned
Bishops of Doumé (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Lambertus Johannes van Heygen, C.S.Sp. (16 April 1962 – 17 March 1983), appointed Bishop of Bertoua
- Bishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. (14 September 1955 – 28 January 1961); see below
Vicars Apostolic of Doumé (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. (15 March 1951 – 14 September 1955); see above
- Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. (3 March 1949 – 15 March 1951), resigned