Diocese of Bafatá
Bafatan(us)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
The Diocese of Bafatá is a Latin Church diocese in Guinea-Bissau, established on 13 March 2001 from the Diocese of Bissau and immediately subject to the Holy See. Bishop Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M., was appointed in March 2025 and consecrated in June 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 March 2001
- Latin
- Bafatan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Grace
- Annuario code
- 001000780
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,400
- Population
- 685,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 5.3%
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 1,517
- Extent
- 24,635 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M.
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, Bafatá stands in Bafatá, 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.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.