Diocese of Mongomo
Mongomen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea
The Diocese of Mongomo is a Latin Church diocese in Equatorial Guinea, erected on 1 April 2017 from territory of the Diocese of Ebebiyín. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Malabo, led by Bishop Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang, C.M.F.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 April 2017
- Latin
- Mongomen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001005076
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 302,000
- Population
- 376,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.3%
- Priests
- 28
- Catholics per priest
- 10,786
- Extent
- 5,478 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 55
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
- Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang
- Born
- 18 February 1969
- Birthplace
- Mabewele-Yenkéng
- Institute
- MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (CLARETTIANI)
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
Catedral Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción stands in Mongomo, 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 Malabo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Malabo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MalaboMalabo
- Diocese of BataBata
- Diocese of EbebiyínEbebiyín
- Diocese of EvinayongEvinayong
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.