Mn-doped CeO 2 electrolytes formulated as Ce 1-x Mn x O 2-x (0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.25) were prepared via soft chemical technique which involved co-precipitation of Mn 2+ and Ce 4+ using oxalic acid as the precipitant. The optimized pH for a stable incorporation of Mn dopant into ceria was found to be pH = 10. The solubility limit of MnO in the CeO 2 fluorite lattice structure was suggested to be x = 0.20. The phase composition, morphology properties and elemental analysis of the oxalate and derived-powder was characterized using X-ray diffraction, SEM and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) respectively. The electrical conductivity of sintered samples of Mn-doped CeO 2 ceramics were investigated in air using AC impedance spectroscopy. The bulk conductivities of the Mn-doped CeO 2 ceramics sintered at 1200 °C at a test temperature of 800 °C were determined to be 4.223 x 10 -4 ohm -1 cm -1 for Mn content x = 0.10 with activation energy, E a = 0.88 eV.