Diocese of Atakpamé
Atakpamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Atakpamé, Togo
The Diocese of Atakpame is a Latin Rite see in central Togo, erected in 1964 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Lome. Its cathedral is Our Lady of the Trinity in Atakpame.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 September 1964
- Latin
- Atakpamen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000746
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 257,168
- Population
- 699,540
- Catholic share
- 36.8%
- Priests
- 107
- Catholics per priest
- 2,403
- Extent
- 13,453 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Moise Messan Touho
- Born
- 31 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Tomegbe
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
Our Lady of the Trinity Cathedral, Atakpame stands in Atakpamé, 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 Lome
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lome.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KaraKara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Atakpamé, this Togolese diocese (Latin: Atakpamen(sis)) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Lomé.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].