Diocese of Kayes
Kayesen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kayes, Mali
The Diocese of Kayes is a Latin Rite diocese in western Mali, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1947 and raised to a diocese in 1963. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bamako, and its bishop since 2013 is Jonas Dembele.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 July 1963
- Latin
- Kayesen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001825
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 9,776
- Population
- 2,125,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 611
- Extent
- 166,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Jonas Dembélé
- Born
- 15 May 1963
- Birthplace
- Sokoura
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Kayes, 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 Bamako
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bamako.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BamakoBamako
- Diocese of MoptiMopti
- Diocese of SanSan
- Diocese of SikassoSikasso
- Diocese of SégouSégou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Mali's ecclesiastical province of Bamako lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kayes (Latin: Kayesen(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Kayes), seated in the city of Kayes. On Thursday, January 31, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI named the Reverend Father Jonas Dembélé as bishop-elect of Kayes; a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San in San, Mali, he had until then served as a pastor and as secretary of the National Union of Priests of Mali. He succeeded Bishop Joseph Dao, who had retired in 2011.
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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.