Diocese of San
| Diocese of San | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mali |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bamako |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 20,550 km² |
| Parishes | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 1,170,540 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 38,470 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 3.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1.012 |
| Friars | 5 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 46 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Lourdes |
The Diocese of San ( lat. : Dioecesis Sanensis ) is in Mali situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San .
history
The diocese of San was founded on April 10, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. from the cession of territory by the diocese of Nouna as Mission sui juris San . The Mission sui juris San was founded on September 29, 1964 by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Qui benignissimo raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Bamako as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Superiore of San
- Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot MAfr , 1962–1964
Bishops of San
- Joseph Paul Barnabé Perrot MAfr, 1964–1987
-
Jean-Gabriel Diarra , 1987-2019
- Sedis vacancy since October 28, 2019
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Qui benignissimo , AAS 57 (1965), n.6, p. 441f.