Diocese of Sikasso
| Diocese of Sikasso | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mali |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Bamako |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1947 |
| surface | 47,950 km² |
| Parishes | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 2,054,600 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 33,738 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 1.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 22 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,125 |
| Friars | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 27 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
The Bistum Sikasso ( lat. : Dioecesis Sikassensis ) is an in Mali preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Sikasso .
history
The diocese Sikasso was on June 12, 1947 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution In dominicis agris from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Bobo-Dioulasso as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sikasso . On July 6, 1963, the Apostolic Prefecture Sikasso was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the archdiocese of Bamako as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Sikasso
- Didier Pérouse de Montclos MAfr , 1947–1963
Bishops of Sikasso
- Didier Pérouse de Montclos MAfr, 1963-1976
- Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé , 1976–1996
- Jean-Baptiste Tiama , 1998–2020, then Bishop of Mopti
- Sedis vacancy , since 2020