Diocese of Laï
Laien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Laï, Chad
The Diocese of Laï is a Latin rite see in southern Chad, established on 28 November 1998 from the Dioceses of Doba and Moundou, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of N'Djaména. Bishop Nicolas Nadji Bab has led it since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 November 1998
- Latin
- Laien(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001001940
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 166,553
- Population
- 1,063,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 15.7%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 4,899
- Extent
- 18,045 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.2
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
- Nicolas Nadji Bab
- Born
- 2 September 1969
- Birthplace
- Béré
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 de la Sainte-Famille, Laï stands in Laï, 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 N'Djaména
A suffragan of Archdiocese of N'Djaména.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of N’DjaménaN’Djaména
- Diocese of KoumraKoumra
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Evêché, B.P. 7, Laï, Tandjilé, Tchad
- Telephone
- 63.80.97.44; 92.85.71.30
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.