Cape Palmas diocese
| Cape Palmas diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Liberia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Monrovia |
| Diocesan bishop | Andrew Jagaye Karnley |
| founding | 1950 |
| surface | 31,760 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 392,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 159,485 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 40.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,632 |
| Friars | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Therese of the Child Jesus |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cape Palmas ( Latin Dioecesis capitis palmensis , English Diocese of Cape Palmas ) is an in Liberia situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Cape Palmas . It includes the counties of Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Maryland, River Gee, and Sinoe.
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Cape Palmas with the Apostolic Constitution Ut fidei propagandae on February 2, 1950 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Liberia , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
With the Apostolic Constitution Cum sit Ecclesia she was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate on May 7, 1962 . The elevation to the diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Monrovia as a suffragan diocese, took place on December 19, 1981 with the Apostolic Constitution Patet Ecclesiae .
The diocese of Cape Palmas has repeatedly been directly involved in the effects of the military coup, dictatorship and civil war.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Cape Palmas
- Francis Carroll SMA (October 27, 1950 - December 20, 1960, then Vicar Apostolic of Monrovia )
Vicars Apostolic of Cape Palmas
- Nicholas Grimley SMA (May 7, 1962 - July 30, 1972, resigned)
- Patrick Kla Juwle (July 30, 1972 - August 18, 1973, died)
- Boniface Nyema Dalieh (December 17, 1973 - December 19, 1981)
Bishop of Cape Palmas
- Boniface Nyema Dalieh (December 19, 1981 - October 15, 2008, retired)
- Andrew Jagaye Karnley (since January 5, 2011)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of Cape Palmas on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Cape Palmas on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Peter Hecking: Even one year after the abdication of the dictator Charles Taylor, people are still fighting for survival ( Memento from April 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), missio 2004
- ^ A b Brother James C. Hickey: SMA Missions in Liberia: The Church in Liberia Today. SMA, 2008, archived from the original on September 7, 2008 ; accessed on February 2, 2011 .