Diocese of Tambacounda
| Diocese of Tambacounda | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Senegal |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Dakar |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Apostolic Administrator | Jean-Pierre Bassène |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jean-Noël Diouf |
| founding | August 13, 1970 |
| surface | 59,602 km² |
| Parishes | 10 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 409,000 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 7,500 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 1.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 357 |
| Friars | 11 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 37 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Marie Reine de l'Univers |
The Bistum Tambacounda ( latin : Dioecesis Tambacundanus ) is an in Senegal preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Tambacounda . It covers the eastern part of Senegal.
history
Pope Paul VI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Tambacounda with the Apostolic Constitution Universae Christianorum on August 13, 1970 from ceding territories of the dioceses Kaolack and Saint-Louis du Sénégal .
On April 17, 1989 she was raised to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Permagno cum gaudio and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dakar as a suffragan diocese.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Tambacounda
- Clément Cailleau CSSp (August 13, 1970 - April 24, 1986)
Bishop of Tambacounda
- Jean-Noël Diouf (April 17, 1989 - August 5, 2017)
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Sedis vacancy (since August 5, 2017)
- Jean-Pierre Bassène (since August 5, 2017) ( Apostolic Administrator )