Diocese of Ségou
Diocese of Ségou | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Mali |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bamako |
Diocesan bishop | Augustin Traoré |
Vicar General | Theophile Diallo |
founding | 1962 |
surface | 60,000 km² |
Parishes | 6 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Residents | 2,180,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics | 22,568 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
proportion of | 1 % |
Diocesan priest | 15 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,505 |
Religious sisters | 26 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | French |
cathedral | Cathédrale de l'Immaculée Conception |
The Bistum Ségou ( lat. : Dioecesis Seguensis ) is an in Mali preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Ségou .
history
The diocese of Ségou was on March 10, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Sacra christiani from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Bamako and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Ségou
- Pierre Louis Leclerc MAfr , 1962-1974
- Mori Julien-Marie Sidibé , 1974-2003
- Augustin Traoré , since 2003