Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga
| Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tamale |
| Diocesan bishop | Alfred Agyenta |
| founding | 1926 |
| surface | 16,602 km² |
| Parishes | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,025,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 140,781 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 7% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,427 |
| Friars | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows |
| Co-cathedral | Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral |
| Website | https://nbdiocese.wordpress.com |
The Bistum Navrongo-Bolgatanga ( lat. : Dioecesis Navrongensis-Bolgatangana ) is an in Ghana preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Navrongo .
history
The Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga was founded on April 23, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the dioceses of Tamale and Keta as the Diocese of Navrongo and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cape Coast as a suffragan . On May 30, 1977, the diocese of Navrongo was renamed the Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tamale as a suffragan.
Ordinaries
- Gérard Bertrand MAfr , 1957–1973
- Rudolph Akanlu , 1973-1977
- Rudolph Akanlu, 1973-1994
- Lucas Abadamloora , 1994-2009
- Alfred Agyenta , since 2011
See also
Web links
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