Diocese of Kayes
| Diocese of Kayes | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mali |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bamako |
| Diocesan bishop | Jonas Dembélé |
| founding | 1947 |
| surface | 120,760 km² |
| Parishes | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,805,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 8,823 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 679 |
| Friars | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
The Diocese of Kayes ( Latin Dioecesis Kayesensis , French Diocèse de Kayes ) is in Mali situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kayes .
history
The Diocese of Kayes was on June 12, 1947 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Perutile visa from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Bamako as Apostolic Prefecture Kayes . On July 6, 1963, the Apostolic Prefecture of Kayes was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the archdiocese of Bamako as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Kayes
- Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois MAfr , 1947–1963
Bishops of Kayes
- Etienne-Marie-Félix Courtois MAfr, 1963–1978
- Joseph Dao , 1978-2011
- Jonas Dembélé , since 2013