Bissau diocese
| Bissau diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Guinea-Bissau |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Auxiliary bishop | José Lampra Cà |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Câmnate na Bissign |
| founding | 2001 |
| surface | 11,495 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Residents | 1,099,970 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Catholics | 172,575 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| proportion of | 15.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 56 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,397 |
| Friars | 81 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 98 (2018 / AP2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Candelária |
| Website | http://www.catedralbissau.com/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau ( lat. : Dioecesis Bissagensis ) is in Guinea-Bissau location Roman Catholic diocese based in Bissau .
history
The diocese of Bissau was on September 4, 1940 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Sollemnibus Conventionibus from cessions of territory of the diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde as a Mission sui juris Portuguese Guinea . The Mission sui juris Portuguese Guinea was founded on April 29, 1955 by Pius XII. raised to the Apostolic Prefecture . On January 1, 1975, the Apostolic Prefecture of Portuguese Guinea was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Guinea-Bissau .
The Apostolic Prefecture of Guinea-Bissau was founded on March 21, 1977 by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Rerum catholicarum raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Bissau . On March 13, 2001, the Bissau diocese gave up parts of its territory to establish the Bafatá diocese .
Ordinaries
Mission sui juris Portuguese Guinea
- Giuseppe Ribeiro de Magalhaes OFM , 1941-1953
- Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa OFM, 1953-1955
Apostolic Prefect of Portuguese Guinea
- Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa OFM, 1955-1963
- João Ferreira, OFM, 1963-1965
- Amândio Domingues Neto OFM, 1966–1975
Apostolic Prefect of Guinea-Bissau
- Amândio Domingues Neto OFM, 1975-1977
Bishops of Bissau
- Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta OFM, 1977-1999
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José Câmnate na Bissign , 1999–2020
- Sedis vacancy since July 11, 2020