Diocese of Banjul
Baniulen(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Banjul, Gambia
The Diocese of Banjul, covering The Gambia, was promoted to a diocese in 1957 and is immediately subject to the Holy See. Bishop Gabriel Mendy, C.S.Sp., has led it since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 May 1974
- Latin
- Baniulen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001000819
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 42,400
- Population
- 1,787,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.4%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 1,178
- Extent
- 10,403 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.1
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
- Gabriel Mendy, C.S.Sp.
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 the Assumption stands in Banjul, 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.