Diocese of Kpalimé
Kpalimen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kpalimé, Togo
The Diocese of Kpalimé is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Lomé, Togo, erected on 1 July 1994 from the Archdiocese of Lomé. Bishop Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou has led it since 2001.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 July 1994
- Latin
- Kpalimen(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Spirit
- Annuario code
- 001001904
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 436,200
- Population
- 715,650
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 61.0%
- Priests
- 158
- Catholics per priest
- 2,761
- Extent
- 6,447 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 68
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
- Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou
- Born
- 5 March 1949
- Birthplace
- Tsévié
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 Saint-Esprit stands in Kpalimé, 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 Lomé
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lomé.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LoméLomé
- Diocese of AnéhoAného
- Diocese of DapaongDapaong
- Diocese of SokodéSokodé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kpalimé, a city in Togo, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kpalimen(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Lomé.
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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.