Bishopric of Sarh
Bishopric of Sarh | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Chad |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of N'Djaména |
Diocesan bishop | Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez MCCJ |
founding | 1961 |
surface | 57,000 km² |
Parishes | 17 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Residents | 1,375,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics | 147,135 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
proportion of | 10.7% |
Diocesan priest | 24 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious priest | 19 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 3,422 |
Friars | 44 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 53 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
French Arabic |
cathedral | Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Immaculée Conception |
The Diocese of Sarh ( lat. : Dioecesis Sarhensis ) is in Chad location Roman Catholic diocese based in Sarh . It includes the regions of Moyen-Chari and Mandoul .
history
Pope John XXIII founded the diocese of Fort-Archambault with the Apostolic Constitution Latissimas Ecclesias on September 22, 1961 from cession of territory by the diocese of Fort-Lamy .
On August 22, 1972, it took on its current name. It lost part of its territory on December 1, 2001 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Mongo .
Bishops of Sarh
- Henri Véniat SJ (December 22, 1961 - March 7, 1987, resigned)
- Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi (March 7, 1987 - June 11, 1990, then Bishop of Moundou )
- Edmond Jitangar (October 11, 1991– August 20, 2016, then Archbishop of N'Djaména)
- Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez MCCJ (since October 10, 2018)
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Sarh on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Sarh on gcatholic.org (English)