Diocese of Bafatá
Bafatan(us)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau
The Diocese of Bafatá is a Latin Church diocese in Guinea-Bissau, established on 13 March 2001 from the Diocese of Bissau and immediately subject to the Holy See. Bishop Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M., was appointed in March 2025 and consecrated in June 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 March 2001
- Latin
- Bafatan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Grace
- Annuario code
- 001000780
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,400
- Population
- 685,000
- Catholic share
- 5.3%
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 1,517
- Extent
- 24,635 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M.
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 Our Lady of Grace, Bafatá stands in Bafatá, 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.
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].