Diocese of Pala

Palaën(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pala, Chad

The Diocese of Pala is a Latin Church diocese in southern Chad, suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of N'Djamena. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1956 and promoted to a diocese in 1964.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 16 January 1964
Latin: Palaën(sis)
Annuario code: 001002512

The see in figures

Catholics: 59,000
Population: 1,978,263
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 3.0%
Priests: 57
Catholics per priest: 1,035
Extent: 30,105 km²
Catholics per km²: 2.0

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: Dominique Tinoudji
Born: 8 August 1973
Birthplace: Manli

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

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Angels stands in Pala, 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'Djamena

A suffragan of Archdiocese of N'Djamena.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

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.