Diocese of Kenema
Kenemaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kenema, Sierra Leone
The Diocese of Kenema is a Latin Rite diocese covering the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, erected in 1970 from the Diocese of Freetown and Bo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Freetown, and its bishop since 2019 is Henry Aruna.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 November 1970
- Latin
- Kenemaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001829
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 21,375
- Population
- 1,248,080
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.7%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 763
- Extent
- 15,710 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.4
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
- Henry Aruna
- Born
- 2 August 1964
- Birthplace
- Yemandu
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
St. Paul's Cathedral stands in Kenema, 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 Freetown
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Freetown.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of FreetownFreetown
- Diocese of BoBo
- Diocese of MakeniMakeni
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established on 11 November 1970 from territory separated from the diocese of Freetown and Bo, the Diocese of Kenema (Latin: Kenemaën(sis)) is a Latin Catholic see in Sierra Leone's ecclesiastical province of Freetown. Its territory runs from the border of Bo District in the west to the Republic of Liberia in the southeast, with Tonkolili District and Kono District to the north and Guinea to the east. St. Paul's Cathedral in Kenema serves as the cathedral parish.
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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.