Bishopric of Banfora

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bishopric of Banfora
Map of the Bishopric of Banfora
Basic data
Country Burkina Faso
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso
Diocesan bishop Lucas Kalfa Sanon
Vicar General Justin Fayama
founding 1998
surface 18,917 km²
Parishes 8 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Residents 723,500 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics 29,200 (2015 / AP 2016 )
proportion of 4%
Diocesan priest 15 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious priest 8 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Catholics per priest 1,270
Friars 18 (2015 / AP 2016 )
Religious sisters 48 (2015 / AP 2016 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Cathédrale Saint-Pierre

The Diocese of Banfora ( Latin Dioecesis Banforensis , French Diocèse de Banfora ) is in Burkina Faso situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Banfora .

history

The diocese of Banfora was established on June 27, 1998 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum suo tempore from cession of the diocese of Bobo-Dioulasso and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou as a suffragan . First Bishop was Lucas Kalfa Sanon .

On December 5, 2000, the Diocese of Banfora was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso as a suffragan.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum suo tempore , AAS 90 (1998), n.12, pp. 930f.