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Suffragan diocese Bambari, Central African Republic

Diocese of Bambari

Bambaritan(us)

The Diocese of Bambari in the Central African Republic was erected in 1965 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangui. It has been led by Bishop Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P., since 2017.

On the map

Esri
Bambari, Central African Republic, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1965
Catholics
104,129
Priests
25
Territory
173,000 km²

Parishes and churches

1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P.

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The cathedral

Saint Joseph Cathedral stands in Bambari, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In the Central African Republic, the Diocese of Bambari (Latin: Dioecesis Bambaritana) is a Latin Church jurisdiction with its episcopal see at Bambari. It is a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui, whose province covers the Central African Republic, while depending on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint Joseph, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Bambari, Ouaka.