Kenema diocese
| Kenema diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sierra Leone |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Freetown |
| Diocesan bishop | Henry Aruna (appointed) |
| founding | November 11, 1970 |
| surface | 15,710 km² |
| Parishes | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,515,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 89,900 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 5.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,281 |
| Friars | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Paul's Cathedral |
The Diocese of Kenema ( Latin Dioecesis Kenemaensis , English Diocese of Kenema ) is in Sierra Leone situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kenema .
history
The diocese Kenema was on November 11, 1970 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Praeclaris verbis from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Kenema
- Joseph Henry Ganda , 1970–1980, then Archbishop of Freetown and Bo
- John O'Riordan CSSp , 1984-2002
- Patrick Daniel Koroma , 2002–2018
- Henry Aruna , since 2019
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Praeclaris verbis , AAS 63 (1971), n.4, p. 262f.