Diocese of Alindao
Alindaöen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alindao, Central African Republic
The Diocese of Alindao is a Latin diocese in the Central African Republic, erected in 2004 from the Diocese of Bangassou and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bangui. Its bishop is Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 2004
- Latin
- Alindaöen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000650
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 39,214
- Population
- 162,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 24.2%
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 2,614
- Extent
- 18,475 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.1
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa
- Born
- 26 February 1970
- Birthplace
- Bangassou
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Sacre-Coeur, Alindao stands in Alindao, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bangui
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bangui.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BanguiBangui
- Diocese of BambariBambari
- Diocese of BangassouBangassou
- Diocese of BossangoaBossangoa
- Diocese of Kaga-BandoroKaga-Bandoro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated at Alindao, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Alindaöen(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.