Bafatá diocese
| Bafatá diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Guinea-Bissau |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Carlos Pedro Zilli PIME |
| Vicar General | Domingos da Fonseca |
| founding | 2001 |
| surface | 24,635 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 637,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 33,200 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 5.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 10 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1.953 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 28 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Graça |
The Diocese of Bafatá ( lat. : Dioecesis Bafatanus ) is in Guinea-Bissau location Roman Catholic diocese based in Bafatá . Its territory includes the regions of Bafatá , Gabú , Quinara , Tombali and Bolama .
history
The diocese of Bafatá was established on March 13, 2001 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum ad fovendam from cedings of territory by the diocese of Bissau . First Bishop was Carlos Pedro Zilli PIME .
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of Bafatá on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 5, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum ad fovendam , AAS 93 (2001), n.7, p. 424f.