Diocese of Bo
Boën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bo, Sierra Leone
Latin rite diocese created in 2011 from the Archdiocese of Freetown, covering the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. It is a suffragan of Freetown and has been led by Bishop Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell since its erection.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 January 2011
- Latin
- Boën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000914
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,000
- Population
- 1,519,950
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.3%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 1,429
- Extent
- 19,694 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.5
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
- Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell
- Born
- 25 January 1961
- Birthplace
- Freetown
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
Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral stands in Bo, 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 Freetown
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Freetown.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of FreetownFreetown
- Diocese of KenemaKenema
- Diocese of MakeniMakeni
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Split off from the Archdiocese of Freetown, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bo came into being in January 2011 and serves about 50,000 Roman Catholics. Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell is its first and present bishop.
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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.