Diocese of San

Sanen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San, Mali

The Diocese of San is a Latin Church diocese in the Segou region of Mali, established as a mission sui iuris in 1962 and elevated to a diocese on 29 September 1964. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bamako and has been led by Bishop Hassa Florent Kone since 2021.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 29 September 1964
Latin: Sanen(sis)
Annuario code: 001002866

The see in figures

Catholics: 44,102
Population: 1,356,500
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 3.3%
Priests: 39
Catholics per priest: 1,131
Extent: 20,550 km²
Catholics per km²: 2.1

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: Florent Konan Kouassi Hassa

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

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Lourdes, San stands in San, 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 Bamako

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bamako.

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

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.