Diocese of N'Dali
Diocese of N'Dali | |
Basic data | |
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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
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ubi catholica fides , AAS 92 (2000), n.7, p. 564f.