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The '''Holy Archdiocese of Cameroon and Central Africa''' is a [[diocese]] under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africa. Its territory includes the [[parish]]es and missions located in the nations of [[Cameroon]], Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and the Islands of St. Thomas and Principe. Since its foundation, its see is located in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The see of Cameroon began as the '''Archdiocese of Accra and West Africa''' in [[January 23]], 1959. On [[November 28]], 1994 it received the name '''Archdiocese of Cameroon and West Africa'''. In On [[September 23]], 1997, with during the elevation tenure of His Beatitude [[Petros VII Theodoros II (PapapetrouChoreftakis) of Alexandria|Archbishop PetrosTheodoros (Choreftakis)]] to the Patriarchate, later Patriarch of Alexandria, the dioceses of [[Archdiocese of Nigeria|Nigeria]] and [[Archdiocese of Accra|Ghana]] were formed in West Africa, and the archdiocese received its current name.
On [[October 7]], 2010, jurisdiction over the nation of Gabon was transferred to the new Diocese of Brazzaville and Gabon by a decree of the Patriarchate of Alexandria.<ref>[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?module=news&action=details&id=569]</ref>
*[[Irenaeus (Talambekos) of Pilousion|Irenaeus (Talambekos)]] 1976–1990
*[[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|Petros (Papapetrou)]] 1990–1997
*[[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros (Choreftakis)]] 1997–2002
<small>(lost territory to establish the [[Archdiocese of Nigeria|Diocese of Nigeria]] and the [[Archdiocese of Accra|Diocese of Ghana]])</small>
*[[Dimitrios (Zaharengas) of Irinoupolis|Dimitrios (Zaharengas)]] 2002–2004
*[[Gregory (Stergiou) of Cameroon|Gregory (Stergiou)]] 2004–Present