Bata diocese
| Bata diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Equatorial Guinea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Malabo |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Matogo Oyana CMF |
| Vicar General | Fernando Ignacio Ondó Nojeng |
| founding | May 3, 1966 |
| surface | 6,681 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (April 1, 2017) |
| Residents | 109,910 (April 1, 2017) |
| Catholics | 76,200 (April 1, 2017) |
| proportion of | 69.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 (April 1, 2017) |
| Religious priest | 18 (April 1, 2017) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,361 |
| Friars | 61 (April 1, 2017) |
| Religious sisters | 44 (April 1, 2017) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French Spanish |
| address | Apdo 82 Bata, Litoral Guinea Ecuatorial |
The Bata diocese ( lat . : Dioecesis Bataensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Bata in Equatorial Guinea .
The diocese of Bata was on August 9, 1965 by Pope Paul VI. Founded out of the Apostolic Vicariate Malabo as the Apostolic Vicariate Río Muni ( Rivi Muniensis ). With the elevation of the vicariate to a diocese on May 3, 1966, the name was changed to today's diocese of Bata, which is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Malabo as a suffragan .
In 1982 the Ebebiyin diocese was founded . On April 1, 2017, about two-thirds of its territory and about one-third each of the Catholics and priests gave up to establish the Evinayong diocese .
Bishops
- Rafael María Nze Abuy CMF , 1965–1974, initially Vicar Apostolic of Río Muni
- Anacleto Sima Ngua , 1982-2002
- Juan Matogo Oyana CMF, since 2002
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b erezione delle diocesi di Evinayong e Mongomo (Guinea Equatoriale) e dei primi Vescovi nouns. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , April 1, 2017, accessed April 1, 2017 (Italian).