Pilgrimage Sites in Cameroon

Bamenda is the capital of Cameroon's North-West Region and the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bamenda — the only ecclesiastical province covering the country's two English-speaking regions. Its St. Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral, built in 1975, was rededicated by the Apostolic Nuncio on 14 November 2025 after a major renovation.

Five months later, in April 2026, Pope Leo XIV led a meeting for peace in that same cathedral — the first papal visit to the English-speaking heartland of Cameroon. The region has been caught since 2016 in the Anglophone crisis, a conflict that began with protests over the marginalisation of the English-speaking minority and escalated into armed violence, displacing more than 700,000 people. Under Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya, the Church has been among the most visible advocates for dialogue.