Diocese of Dapaong
Dapaongan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dapaong, Togo
The Diocese of Dapaong is in northern Togo, erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1960 and promoted to a diocese on July 6, 1965. Bishop Dominique Banlène Guigbile has led the diocese since November 15, 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 December 1990
- Latin
- Dapaongan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Charles Lwanga
- Annuario code
- 001001274
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 147,716
- Population
- 597,180
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 24.7%
- Priests
- 69
- Catholics per priest
- 2,141
- Extent
- 8,533 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Dominique Banlène Guigbile
- Born
- 30 December 1962
- Birthplace
- Kpandéntangue-B
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
Cathédrale Saint Charles Lwanga stands in Dapaong, 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 Lomé
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lomé.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LoméLomé
- Diocese of AnéhoAného
- Diocese of KpaliméKpalimé
- Diocese of SokodéSokodé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Togo, the city of Dapaong gives its name to this diocese (Latin: Dapaongan(us)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Lomé.
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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.