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June 2009
Report of visit of most Rev. Cornelius Esua, Archbishop of Bamenda and Father Ignatius Waindim
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January 2009
John McCormick: ‘Home is a Holy Place’ in Bamenda
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January 2009
John McCormick: ‘Home is a Holy Place’ in Bamenda
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November 2008
Visit to Bamenda: 17 October – 4 November 2008 Read more

November 2008
Pope Benedict XVI to Visit Cameroon in March 2009 Read more

October 2008
Father Joseph Dufe survives shooting Read more

October 2008
Bournemouth Knights of St. Columba support Clinicare Read more

September 2008
Bamenda Sunday is coming up soon (weekend 1st / 2nd November) Download letter

18–25th May 2008 All Hallows Farnham teacher visits St. Paul's School Bamenda To strengthen the link between the two schools Sean Tucker made a visit to St. Paul’s Catholic College in Bamenda, Cameroon ... Read more

02/05/08 Bamenda drums and dancing at solemn mass in portsmouth cathedral..... On 19th April, at Portsmouth Cathedral, representatives of the Anglophone Cameroonian Community resident in our Diocese ... Read more

11/03/08 Update of the latest allocations of grants to Bamenda from the Bamenda Fund Over £80,000 in grants to our twinned Diocese of Bamenda Cameroon Read more

02/03/08 An appeal by the Archbishop of Bamenda to All the Christians and people of good will concerning the recnt violent manifestations of young people. Read more

29/02/08 BBC World Service Report. Deadly violence rages in Cameroon. The official death toll from violent protests in Cameroon this week has risen to 17 as troops attempt to restore order in the capital, Yaounde. Read more

14-26/01/08 Chairman's Report of visit to of the delegation of the Portsmouth Diocesan Committee to Bamenda. Read more

NTARINKON – A PROPOSED NEW MISSION STATION of Azire 17th Jan 08 doc No.5 We are accompanied by the PP, Mr James Ndi (PPC Chair) and other Azire and Ntarinkon Christians, to a site which has been purchased (at a cost of £6,000) for a large new Church (to seat approx 800 – 1000) to take the pressure off Azire (see their typical Parish n/letter Doc. No 5A), where the three Masses are overcrowded. £9,000 has been collected locally, Fr Oprins donated £1,000, and Rome has given a £13,000 grant. However another £50,000 is still needed to complete the project. For those wishing to support this urgent need, a more specific breakdown can be obtained.

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St. EDMUND’S MULANG (outstation of Azire [Small Mankon] Parish, in the outskirts of Bamenda Town). We met Fr Engelbert Kofon VG the Parish Priest of Azire, John Achuo President of the Mission Station Committee, and the catechist who also runs the Diocesan printing press. We were taken to Mulang, where we were warmly welcomed and presented with gifts including a live fowl who later managed twice to escape from its basket into our vehicle! They have a large Church seating at least 1000 people. I said Mass there one Sunday and it was filled with Mass goers. The cost of the foundations and first footings were paid for in part by Portsmouth Donations when I was Parish Priest there in the early 90s. The building was completed under the direction of Fr Cornelius Oprins MHM, who died in Holland the day before we visited. There is no other building on site and the Blessed Sacrament is not reserved due to lack of anyone resident to ensure security. They have had prepared detailed plans for a Hall and have appealed for funding. However at a recent Confirmation ceremony the Archbishop pointed out that the first priority is to build a house, for a catechist and perhaps in due time for a priest. The Community have taken this on board, and appealing to the Parishioners to contribute towards this. This is a project we should consider supporting. For those wishing to adopt this project, ask for further details.