Diocese of Bata
Bataën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bata, Equatorial Guinea
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 May 1966
- Latin
- Bataën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint James the Greater and Our Lady of the Pillar
- Annuario code
- 001000850
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 76,200
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 990
- Extent
- 6,681 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Miguel Angel Nguema Bee, S.D.B.
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
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.
The province of Malabo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Malabo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MalaboMalabo
- Diocese of EbebiyínEbebiyín
- Diocese of EvinayongEvinayong
- Diocese of MongomoMongomo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].