Archdiocese of Freetown
Archdiocese of Freetown | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Sierra Leone |
Diocesan bishop | Edward Tamba Charles |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Joseph Henry Ganda |
surface | 4,677 km² |
Parishes | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,657,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 77,400 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 4.7% |
Diocesan priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,683 |
Friars | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Website | www.catholicchurchsl.org |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Bo Diocese of Kenema Diocese of Makeni |
The Archdiocese of Freetown ( Latin Archidioecesis liberae Urbis , English Archdiocese of Freetown ) is an in Sierra Leone situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Freetown .
history
Pope Pius IX founded the Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone on April 13, 1858 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of the two Guineas and Senegambias . With the Apostolic Constitution Laeto accepimus she was raised to a diocese on April 18, 1950 and took the name of the Diocese of Freetown and Bo .
With the bull Quantum boni it was raised to the rank of metropolitan archbishopric on November 11, 1970 . On January 15, 2011, the Archdiocese was divided into the Archdiocese of Freetown and the Diocese of Bo .
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- October 18, 1897 to the Apostolic Prefecture of French Guinea ;
- April 18, 1903 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Liberia ;
- April 3, 1952 to Makeni Apostolic Prefecture ;
- November 11, 1970 to the Diocese of Kenema .
- January 15, 2011 to the Diocese of Bo
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Sierra Leone
- Melchior-Marie-Joseph de Marion-Brésillac SMA (April 13, 1858 - June 25, 1859)
- John Joseph O'Gorman CSSp (November 9, 1903 - September 23, 1932)
- Bartholomew Stanley Wilson CSSp (May 23, 1933 - April 16, 1936)
- Ambrose Kelly CSSp (May 18, 1937 - April 18, 1950)
Bishops of Freetown and Bo
- Ambrose Kelly CSSp (April 18, 1950 - February 12, 1952)
- Thomas Joseph Brosnahan CSSp (December 11, 1952 - November 11, 1970)
Archbishops of Freetown and Bo
- Thomas Joseph Brosnahan CSSp (November 11, 1970 - September 4, 1980)
- Joseph Henry Ganda (September 4, 1980 - March 22, 2007)
- Edward Tamba Charles (March 15, 2008 - January 15, 2011)
Archbishop of Freetown
- Edward Tamba Charles (since January 15, 2011)
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | source | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | ||||
1950 | 11,079 | 2,250,000 | 0.5 | 38 | 38 | 291 | 40 | 28 | 4th | Annuario Pontificio 1951 | ||
1970 | 37.096 | 1,282,789 | 2.9 | 50 | 1 | 49 | 741 | 52 | 44 | 20th | Annuario Pontificio 1971 | |
1980 | 40,426 | 974,000 | 4.2 | 35 | 5 | 30th | 1,155 | 32 | 40 | 14th | Annuario Pontificio 1981 | |
1990 | 41,102 | 1,068,000 | 3.8 | 35 | 18th | 17th | 1,174 | 19th | 57 | 19th | Annuario Pontificio 1991 | |
1997 | 88,600 | 1,655,600 | 5.4 | 48 | 29 | 19th | 1,845 | 46 | 56 | 21st | Annuario Pontificio 2000 | |
2000 | 91,500 | 1,800,000 | 5.1 | 52 | 30th | 22nd | 1,759 | 32 | 56 | 22nd | Annuario Pontificio 2001 | |
2001 | 24,221 | 1,823,000 | 1.3 | 49 | 30th | 19th | 494 | 31 | 7th | 22nd | Annuario Pontificio 2002 | |
2002 | 97.234 | 2,300,875 | 4.2 | 55 | 37 | 18th | 1,767 | 34 | 8th | 22nd | Annuario Pontificio 2003 | |
2003 | 101,678 | 2,800,993 | 3.6 | 58 | 40 | 18th | 1,753 | 39 | 21st | 22nd | Annuario Pontificio 2004 | |
2004 | 127.851 | 2,918,000 | 4.4 | 57 | 41 | 16 | 2,243 | 33 | 25th | 27 | Annuario Pontificio 2005 | |
2006 | 141,200 | 3,214,700 | 4.4 | 52 | 39 | 13 | 2,715 | 33 | 29 | 26th | Annuario Pontificio 2007 | |
2007 | 144,000 | 3,283,000 | 4.4 | 66 | 51 | 15th | 2,181 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 26th | Annuario Pontificio 2008 |
2011 | 20,000 | 1,776,871 | 1.1 | 40 | 25th | 15th | 500 | 31 | 23 | 13 | Bulletin dated January 15, 2011 | |
2012 | 70,000 | 1,500,000 | 4.7 | 36 | 25th | 11 | 1,944 | 35 | 14th | 15th | Annuario Pontificio 2013 | |
2013 | 71,800 | 1,538,000 | 4.7 | 37 | 20th | 17th | 1,940 | 34 | 18th | 12 | Annuario Pontificio 2014 | |
2016 | 77,400 | 1,657,000 | 4.7 | 32 | 18th | 14th | 2,418 | 38 | 16 | 11 | Annuario Pontificio 2017 |
See also
literature
- Bengt Sundkler, Christopher Steed: A History of the Church in Africa (= Studia missionalia Upsaliensia . Volume 74 ). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 978-0-521-58342-8 (English, 1232 pages).
- Richard Trillo: The Rough Guide to West Africa . Penguin, 2003, ISBN 978-1-4053-8070-6 , pp. 631 .
Web links
- Brief History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown (English)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Freetown on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry through the Archdiocese of Freetown on Giga-Catholic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Entry on Archdiocese of Freetown on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 13, 2019. (English)
- ^ Brief History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown , accessed April 13, 2019
- ↑ a b Benedict XVI. : Boënsis Apostolic Constitution of January 15, 2011, accessed April 13, 2019 (Latin)