Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbo

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 three main religious groups in the Diocese of Kumbo, namely, the Christians, the Muslims and the adherents of the African Traditional Religion.

The present statistics reveal that the adherents of the African Traditional Religion are still the majority, followed by the Christians in the second place and then the Moslems.

They win some of their converts, especially women, through marriage and by giving cows as bait to the young people who want to get rich overnight.

Below is a full list of Deaneries and Parishes in the two civil administrative units that make up the Diocese of Kumbo.

The diocese of Kumbo is led by Additionally, there is a Presbyteral Council, various consultative Committees and Commissions and each Deanery has a Dean or a Vicar Forane.

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus is honoured as the Principal Patroness of the Cathedral Church of Kumbo Town
Holy Family Parish Church, Tabenken. Tabenken Parish was opened in 1937 from Shisong.
Old Church of Saint Martin de Porres Parish, Binju-Nkambe. Binju-Nkambe was opened in 1955 from Tabenken.