Diocese of N'Dali

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Diocese of N'Dali
Map of the Diocese of N'Dali
Basic data
Country Benin
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Parakou
Diocesan bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni
Vicar General François de Penhoat SMA
Giansante Lenti OFMCap
founding 1999
surface 21,650 km²
Parishes 14 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 697,099 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 37,889 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 5.4%
Diocesan priest 6 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 16 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 1,722
Friars 29 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 43 (12/31/2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French

The diocese N'Dali ( Latin Dioecesis Ndaliensis , French Diocèse de N'Dali ) is an in Benin located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in N'Dali .

history

The diocese of N'Dali was established on December 22, 1999 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ubi catholica fides from the cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Parakou and subordinated to it as a suffragan diocese. First Bishop was Martin Adjou Moumouni .

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of N'Dali  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ubi catholica fides , AAS 92 (2000), n.7, p. 564f.