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Diocese of Kumbo Dioecesis Kumboensis | |
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| catholic | |
 Kumbo Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Territory | Comprises Bui and Donga-Mantung Divisions. |
| Ecclesiastical province | Bamenda |
| Metropolitan | Bamenda |
| Deaneries | 6 |
| Coordinates | 6°12′19″N 10°41′14″E / 6.2053°N 10.6872°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,600 km2 (3,300 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2011) 789,000 202,543 (25.7%) |
| Parishes | 27 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 18 March 1982 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Church of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus |
| Secular priests | 83 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | George Nkuo |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Cornelius Fontem Esua |
| Vicar General | Roland Berngeh |
| Episcopal Vicars | Paul Verla, SD; Joseph Dufe, OFM.Cap |
| Website | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbo (Latin: Dioecesis Kumboënsis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda in Cameroon. The first German settlers were Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who arrived in 1912 and established their mission in 1913. The Diocese of Kumbo was erected by Pope John Paul II on Thursday, 18 March 1982, with territory taken from the then Diocese (now Archdiocese) of Bamenda. It is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan See of Bamenda along with the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Buea, Kumba (not to be confused with Kumbo), and Mamfe.
The Diocese of Kumbo is made up of two civil administrative units, namely, Bui and Donga-Mantung Divisions in the North West Region of the Republic of Cameroon. Bui Division is further divided into 6 subdivisions: Kumbo Central, Jakiri, Oku, Mbven, Nkum and Noni, while Donga-Mantung Division is divided into 5 subdivisions, viz: Nkambe Central, Ndu, Ako, Misaje and Nwa.
The territory of Bui and Donga-Mantung Divisions situated in the Bamenda grassfields area of the North West Region of Cameroon covers a surface area of 8,000 square kilometers (3,090 square miles) with a population of approximately 789,000 of whom over 202,543 (25.7%) are Catholics. There are 11 ethnic groups: Nso’ tribe, the Oku tribe and the Noni tribe in Bui Division, and the Wimbum, Mbembe, Jukum, Nchanti, Mfumte, Yamba, Mbaw and Mambila tribes in Donga-Mantung Division. Each of these tribes has its own language and dialects.
Considering the fact that the average annual population growth is about 2.36%, the total population of the diocese has grown from 653,244 in 1998 to 734,052 in 2003. Since the area of the territory is about 8,000 km2, the population density is about 92 people per km2. This is one of the densely populated Catholic dioceses in Cameroon.
