Diocese of Bambari
Bambaritan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bambari, Central African Republic
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1965
- Latin
- Bambaritan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000805
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 104,129
- Population
- 429,755
- Catholic share
- 24.2%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 4,165
- Extent
- 173,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
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
- Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P.
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
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.
The province of Bangui
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bangui.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BanguiBangui
- Diocese of AlindaoAlindao
- Diocese of BangassouBangassou
- Diocese of BossangoaBossangoa
- Diocese of Kaga-BandoroKaga-Bandoro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché de Bambari, B.P. 944, Bangui, Rép. Centrafricaine
- Telephone
- 75.49.62.73; 72.83.17.52
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].