Diocese of Doba

Doban(us)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Doba, Chad

The Diocese of Doba is a Latin Catholic diocese in Chad, erected on 6 March 1989 from the Diocese of Moundou. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of N'Djamena and has been led by Bishop Martin Waingue Bani since 2016.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 6 March 1989
Latin: Doban(us)
Annuario code: 001001312

The see in figures

Catholics: 98,700
Population: 526,162
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 18.8%
Priests: 27
Catholics per priest: 3,656
Extent: 10,816 km²
Catholics per km²: 9.1

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: Martin Waïngue Bani
Born: 12 February 1963
Birthplace: Laï

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 Sainte-Thérèse stands in Doba, 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 N'Djamena

A suffragan of Archdiocese of N'Djamena.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

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.