Diocese of Cape Palmas
Capitis Palmen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cape Palmas, Liberia
Latin Church diocese in southeastern Liberia, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1950 and promoted to a diocese in 1981. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Monrovia, it has been led by Bishop Andrew Jagaye Karnley since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 December 1981
- Latin
- Capitis Palmen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001048
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 19,100
- Population
- 271,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 7.0%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 910
- Extent
- 31,760 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
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
- Andrew Jagaye Karnley
- Born
- 26 April 1967
- Birthplace
- Jawajeh
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 St. Therese of the Child Jesus stands in Cape Palmas, 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 Monrovia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Monrovia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MonroviaMonrovia
- Diocese of GbarngaGbarnga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see at Cape Palmas, the Diocese of Cape Palmas (Latin: Dioecesis Capitis Palmensis) is a Latin Church territory in Liberia, serving as a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monrovia.
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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.