Diocese of Mopti
| Diocese of Mopti | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mali |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bamako |
| Diocesan bishop | Jean-Baptiste Tiama (appointed) |
| founding | 1942 |
| surface | 896,384 km² |
| Parishes | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,407,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 41,812 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 1.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,818 |
| Friars | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Joseph |
| Website | http://www.eglisemali.org/index.php/diocese-de-mopti.html |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mopti ( Latin Dioecesis Moptiensis , French Diocèse de Mopti ) is in Mali situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Mopti .
history
The diocese of Mopti was on June 9, 1942 by Pope Pius XII. established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Gao from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariates of Bamako , Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou . On June 12, 1947, the Gao Apostolic Prefecture gave up parts of its territory to establish the Nouna Apostolic Prefecture . The Apostolic Prefecture Gao was on September 29, 1964 by Pope Paul VI. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution More institutoque and renamed the Diocese of Mopti . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bamako as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Gao
- Jean-Marie Lesourd MAfr , 1942–1947, then Prefect Apostolic of Nouna
- Pierre Louis Leclerc MAfr, 1947–1949, then Vicar Apostolic of Bamako
- Renato Landru MAfr, 1950-1964
Bishops of Mopti
- Georges Biard MAfr, 1964-1988
- Jean Zerbo , 1994–1998, then Archbishop of Bamako
- Georges Fonghoro , 1999-2016
- Jean-Baptiste Tiama , since 2020
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. More institutoque , AAS 57 (1965), n.6, p. 437ff.