The General Chapter of September 2025 voted (Vote 33) in support of the request to the Holy See by Fr. Henri Fouda CSsP, Apostolic Commissary of Koutaba (diocese of Bafoussam, Cameroon) since 2017, to end the regime of Apostolic Commissary in that community. The ad hoc commission which studied the situation of Koutaba further recommended that if the Holy See responded favourably to this request, Fr. Fouda should be appointed monastic commissary of Koutaba, pending the completion of his transitus to our Order.
On 27 April 2026 the Holy See accepted Fr. Fouda’s resignation as Apostolic Commissary and returned Koutaba to the structures of the Order.
On 12 June 2026 the Abbot General and his Council, acting in the name of the General Chapter, and in accordance with the above recommendation, suspended the exercise of autonomy of the community and appointed Fr. Henri Fouda as monastic commissary (cf. C. 34bis.2) of Koutaba.
