Diocese of Navrongo–Bolgatanga
Navrongen(sis)-Bolgatangan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Navrongo–Bolgatanga, Ghana
The Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga is a Latin Rite diocese in the Upper East Region of Ghana, erected in 1956 as the Diocese of Navrongo and renamed in 1977. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tamale and is led by Bishop Alfred Agyenta, appointed in 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 May 1977
- Latin
- Navrongen(sis)-Bolgatangan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Seven Sorrows
- Annuario code
- 001002363
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 200,000
- Population
- 1,500,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 13.3%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 2,667
- Extent
- 16,602 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Alfred Agyenta
- Born
- 20 January 1959
- Birthplace
- Wiagha
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Navrongo–Bolgatanga, 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 Tamale
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tamale.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TamaleTamale
- Diocese of DamongoDamongo
- Diocese of WaWa
- Diocese of YendiYendi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two Ghanaian cities, Navrongo and Bolgatanga, anchor the Roman Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga (Latin: Dioecesis Navrongensis-Bolgatangana), a see within the ecclesiastical province of Tamale.
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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.