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Suffragan diocese Bata, Equatorial Guinea

Diocese of Bata

Bataën(sis)

The Diocese of Bata is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Equatorial Guinea, erected in 1965 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rio Muni and part of the ecclesiastical province of Malabo. Its cathedral in Bata is dedicated to Saint James the Greater and Our Lady of the Pillar.

On the map

Esri
Bata, Equatorial Guinea, 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
76,200
Priests
77
Territory
6,681 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Miguel Angel Nguema Bee, S.D.B.

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The cathedral

St. James and Our Lady of the Pillar Cathedral stands in Bata, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Bata in Equatorial Guinea anchors a suffragan Latin diocese (Latin: Bataën(sis)) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Malabo, though it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The bishop's seat is the St. James and Our Lady of the Pillar Cathedral, dedicated to Saint James the Elder and Our Lady of Pilar.

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