Suffragan diocese Bata, Equatorial Guinea
Diocese of Bata
Bataën(sis)
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Catedral Santiago y Nuestra Señora del PilarBata · CathedralView parish
- Basílica Santuário Preciosísima Sangre de Nuestro SeñorBataView parish
- Iglesia María AuxiliadoraBataView parish
- Iglesia María ReinaBataView parish
- Iglesia Santa María ReinaMbiniView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Miguel Angel Nguema Bee, S.D.B.
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
The wire's resolver matched this see in the text of each story.
Filed by our own wire from published sources. Read the wire.