Diocese of Kaya
Kayan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kaya, Burkina Faso
The Diocese of Kaya is a Latin Rite diocese in the Centre-Nord region of Burkina Faso, established in 1969 from the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou and the Diocese of Koupela. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Koupela, and its bishop since 2018 is Theophile Nare.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 June 1969
- Latin
- Kayan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001823
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 150,000
- Population
- 1,280,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 11.7%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 3,000
- Extent
- 18,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.3
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
- Théophile Naré
- Born
- 7 July 1966
- Birthplace
- Yargo
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
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Kaya stands in Kaya, 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 Koupela
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Koupela.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DoriDori
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kaya, a city in Burkina Faso, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Kayana) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla.
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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.