Diocese of Kolda
Koldaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kolda, Senegal
The Diocese of Kolda is a Latin Church diocese in southern Senegal, established on 22 December 1999 from the Diocese of Ziguinchor and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Dakar. Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène has led it since 1999, with Joseph Francis Badji named coadjutor bishop in January 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 1999
- Latin
- Koldaën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Victories
- Annuario code
- 001001881
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,840
- Population
- 833,760
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.4%
- Priests
- 33
- Catholics per priest
- 1,116
- Extent
- 21,011 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- Jean-Pierre Bassène
- Born
- 1 August 1951
- Birthplace
- Essyl
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 Notre-Dame des Victoires stands in Kolda, 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 Dakar
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dakar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DakarDakar
- Diocese of KaolackKaolack
- Diocese of Saint-Louis du SénégalSaint-Louis du Sénégal
- Diocese of TambacoundaTambacounda
- Diocese of ThièsThiès
- Diocese of ZiguinchorZiguinchor
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Senegalese city of Kolda is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Koldaën(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Kolda) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Dakar.
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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.