Diocese of Gbarnga
| Diocese of Gbarnga | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Liberia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Monrovia |
| Diocesan bishop | Anthony Fallah Borwah |
| founding | 1986 |
| surface | 30,305 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,618,217 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 20,630 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 1.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,875 |
| Friars | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Holy Spirit |
The Diocese of Gbarnga ( Latin Dioecesis Gbarngana , English Diocese of Gbarnga ) is in Liberia situated Roman Catholic Diocese with headquarters in Gbarnga . It includes the counties of Bong , Lofa and Nimba .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution De Monroviensi on November 17, 1986 from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Monrovia , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
The diocese of Cape Palmas has repeatedly been directly involved in the effects of the military coup, dictatorship and civil war.
Bishops of Gbarnga
- Benedikt Dotu Sekey , November 17, 1986 - December 13, 2000
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Lewis Zeigler , May 30, 2002 - July 11, 2009, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Monrovia
- Chris Brennan SMA , 2010–2011 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Anthony Fallah Borwah , since 2011
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Gbarnga on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the diocese of Gbarnga on Giga-Catholic
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Peter Hecking: Even one year after the abdication of the dictator Charles Taylor, people are still fighting for survival ( Memento from April 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), missio 2004