Diocese of Ziguinchor
| Diocese of Ziguinchor | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Senegal |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Dakar |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Abel Mamba |
| founding | 1939 |
| surface | 7,339 km² |
| Parishes | 25 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 562,000 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 93,750 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 16.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 81 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,053 |
| Friars | 17 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 80 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint Antoine de Padoue |
The Bistum Ziguinchor ( latin : Dioecesis Ziguinchorensis ) is an in Senegal preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Ziguinchor . It includes the Ziguinchor region .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Ziguinchor with the Apostolic Constitution Ut inter infideles on April 25, 1939 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Dakar. On July 10, 1952, she was raised to the Apostolic Vicariate .
On September 14, 1955, she was raised to a diocese with the Bull Dum tantis and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Dakar as a suffragan diocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- January 21, 1957 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Kaolack ;
- December 22, 1999 to the diocese of Kolda .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Ziguinchor
- Joseph Faye CSSp (May 31, 1939–1947)
- Prosper Paul Dodds CSSp (June 13, 1947– July 10, 1952)
Vicar Apostolic of Ziguinchor
- Prosper Paul Dodds CSSp (July 10, 1952– September 14, 1955)
Bishops of Ziguinchor
- Prosper Paul Dodds CSSp (1955–1966, then Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal )
- Augustin Sagna (1966–1995)
- Maixent Coly (1995-2010)
- Paul Abel Mamba Diatta (since 2012)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1950 | 19,355 | 325,000 | 6.0 | 21st | 2 | 19th | 921 | 19th | 12 | 2 | |
| 1969 | 40,000 | 600,000 | 6.7 | 45 | 15th | 30th | 888 | 50 | 103 | 21st | |
| 1980 | 50,000 | 800,000 | 6.3 | 45 | 21st | 24 | 1,111 | 48 | 228 | 10 | |
| 1990 | 84.039 | 1,178,157 | 7.1 | 66 | 57 | 9 | 1,273 | 24 | 120 | 25th | |
| 1999 | 313,700 | 1,990,170 | 15.8 | 87 | 76 | 11 | 3,605 | 23 | 136 | 23 | |
| 2000 | 231,793 | 804.830 | 28.8 | 85 | 72 | 13 | 2,726 | 29 | 73 | 16 | |
| 2001 | 91.128 | 557,606 | 16.3 | 88 | 80 | 8th | 1,035 | 21st | 76 | 20th | |
| 2002 | 91,510 | 557,900 | 16.4 | 90 | 82 | 8th | 1,016 | 21st | 78 | 20th | |
| 2003 | 91,750 | 558,000 | 16.4 | 84 | 77 | 7th | 1,092 | 20th | 78 | 20th | |
| 2004 | 93,750 | 562,000 | 16.7 | 88 | 81 | 7th | 1,065 | 17th | 80 | 25th | |