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Cameroonian students and school staff who were kidnapped on Saturday were released, the Kumbo bishop told the BBC.
A total of 176 people, mostly students, were abducted by unidentified gunmen at St. Augustine College in Kumbo, North West Cameroon.
They were released Sunday after negotiations.
This is the largest school kidnapping in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon since the beginning of the separatist unrest in 2017.
Human Rights Watch has accused rebel groups of being behind the kidnapping, but they have not made any comments yet.
They said the previous kidnappings were organized by the government to damage their reputation
The gunmen entered Saturday morning campus of St. Augustine College Nso and seized 170 students, two security guards, a teacher and three of his children, said the Diocesan Director of Communication in a statement.
Reverend Elvis Nsaikila added that the residential school authorities had asked parents and guardians to bring their children home as soon as possible, "the school having been closed".
The Bishop of Kumbo, George Nkuo, confirmed to BBC Africa that church officials had negotiated the release of the hostages on the condition that the school be closed.
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