Suffragan diocese Bambari, Central African Republic
Diocese of Bambari
Bambaritan(us)
Latin Church
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.
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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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.