Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yaoundé

History

• March 18, 1890: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroun from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon
• January 2, 1905: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroun
• April 3, 1931: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yaoundé
• September 14, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yaoundé

  Special churches

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Yaoundé, below
• * Archbishop Jean Mbarga 2014-
• * Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonyé-Bakot 2003-2013
• * Archbishop André Wouking 1998 – 2002
• * Archbishop Jean Zoa 1961 – 1998
• * Archbishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. 1955 – 1961; see below
• Vicars Apostolic of Yaoundé, velow
• * Bishop René Graffin, C.S.Sp. 1943 – 1955; see above
• * Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. 1931 – 1943; see below
• Vicars Apostolic of Cameroun, below
• * Bishop François-Xavier Vogt, C.S.Sp. 1923 – 1931: see above
• * Bishop Franziskus Hennemann, S.A.C. 1914 – 1922, appointed Prefect of Cape of Good Hope, Central District, South Africa
• * Bishop Heinrich Vieter, S.A.C. 1904 – 1914

  Coadjutor vicars apostolic

• Franziskus Xaver Hennemann, S.A.C.
• René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp.

  Auxiliary bishops

• Paul Etoga, appointed Bishop of Mbalmayo
• Jean-Baptiste Ama, appointed Bishop of Sangmélima
• Christophe Zoa, appointed Bishop of Sangmélima

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Jean-Marie Benoît Balla, appointed Bishop of Bafia in 2003
• Joseph Befe Ateba, appointed Bishop of Kribi in 2008
• Dieudonné Espoir Atangana, appointed Bishop of Nkongsamba in 2012

  Suffragan Dioceses

• Bafia
• Ebolowa
• Kribi
• Mbalmayo
• Obala
• Sangmélima