Diocese of Gaoua
Diocese of Gaoua | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Burkina Faso |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso |
Diocesan bishop | Modeste Kambou |
founding | 2011 |
surface | 10,411 km² |
Parishes | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 487.028 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 23,437 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 4.8% |
Diocesan priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1.953 |
Religious sisters | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale Sacré-Cœur |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaoua ( Latin Dioecesis Gauensis , French Diocèse de Gaoua ) is in Burkina Faso situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Gaoua .
history
The Diocese of Gaoua was on November 30, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. built from cessions of territory of the Diébougou diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso as a suffragan . First Bishop was Modeste Kambou .
The diocese of Gaoua includes the provinces of Noumbiel and Poni .