Diocese of Dori
Diocese of Dori | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Burkina Faso |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Koupéla |
Diocesan bishop | Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré |
founding | 2004 |
surface | 36,166 km² |
Parishes | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,122,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 14,232 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 1.3% |
Diocesan priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 749 |
Friars | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 20 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Sainte-Anne |
The Diocese of Dori ( Latin Dioecesis Doriensis , French Diocèse de Dori ) is in Burkina Faso situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Dori . Their territory is identical to that of the Sahel region .
history
The Diocese of Dori was established on November 20, 2004 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum ad aeternam from cessions of territory from the Dioceses of Fada N'Gourma and Ouahigouya and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Koupéla as a suffragan .
Bishops of Dori
- Joachim Ouédraogo , 2004–2011, then Bishop of Koudougou
- Laurent Birfuoré Dabiré , since 2013
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum ad aeternam , AAS 97 (2005), n.1, p. 17.