Diocese of Berbérati
| Diocese of Berbérati | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Central African Republic |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bangui |
| Diocesan bishop | Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi SMA |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Agostino Giuseppe Delfino OFMCap |
| founding | 1940 |
| surface | 45,000 km² |
| Parishes | 16 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 384,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 78,400 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 20.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,240 |
| Friars | 18 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 35 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French sango |
The diocese Berbérati ( Latin Dioecesis Berberatensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Berbérati in the Central African Republic . It includes the prefectures of Mambéré-Kadéï and Sangha-Mbaéré .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Berbérati on May 28, 1940 from cessions of the Apostolic Vicariate Foumban and Oubangui-Chari .
On January 9, 1947, it lost part of its territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Fort Lamy . With the Apostolic Constitution Cum ob sollertem she was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate on March 13, 1952.
The elevation to the diocese took place on September 14, 1955 with the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis . On February 9, 1959, it lost part of its territory to the Apostolic Prefecture of Bangassou and on February 27, 1978 to the Diocese of Bouar .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Berbérati
- Pietro da Alcantara Habas, OFMCap , March 28, 1941–1952
Vicar Apostolic of Berbérati
- Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud OFMCap, April 10, 1954-14. September 1955
Bishops of Berbérati
- Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud OFMCap, September 14, 1955–2. June 1979
- Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, OFMCap, October 3, 1987-17. June 1991
- Agostino Giuseppe Delfino OFMCap, June 17, 1991-17. June 2010
- Dennis Kofi Agbenyadzi SMA , since May 14, 2012