Archdiocese of Bamako
| Archdiocese of Bamako | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mali |
| Diocesan bishop | Jean Cardinal Zerbo |
| surface | 82,500 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 4,650,549 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 138,165 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 3% |
| Diocesan priest | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,878 |
| Friars | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur de Jésus |
| address | BP 298, Bamako, Rep. Du Mali
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| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Kayes Diocese of Mopti Diocese of San Diocese of Ségou Diocese of Sikasso |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako ( lat. : Archidioecesis Bamakoënsis ) is an in Mali located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Bamako .
history
The Apostolic Prefecture for the Sahara and Sudan was founded in 1868 and was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate in 1891 . In 1901 the vicariate was renamed French Sudan and in 1921 Bamako. On September 14, 1955, Pope Pius XII. the Vicariate of Bamako with the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis Ecclesiae to the Archdiocese.
Ordinaries
- Anatole-Joseph Toulotte MAfr (1892-1897)
- Augustin Prosper Hacquard MAfr (1898–1901)
- Hippolyte Louis Bazin MAfr (1901-1910)
- Alexis Lemaître MAfr (1911-1920)
- Emile-Fernand Sauvant MAfr (1921-1928)
- Paul-Marie Molin MAfr (1928–1949)
- Pierre Louis Leclerc MAfr (1949–1962)
- Luc Auguste Sangaré (1962–1998)
- Jean Cardinal Zerbo (since 1998)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Bamako on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Bamako on gcatholic.org (English)
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