Diocese of Bouar
Buaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bouar, Central African Republic
The Diocese of Bouar is a Latin Church diocese in the Central African Republic, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Berbérati. It was erected on February 27, 1978, and has been led by Bishop Mirosław Gucwa since 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 February 1978
- Latin
- Buaren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000939
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 121,830
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 2,486
- Extent
- 45,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.7
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
- Mirosław Gucwa
- Born
- 21 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Pisarzowa
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
de Santa María Madre de la Iglesia stands in Bouar, 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 Berbérati
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Berbérati.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Bouar is a diocese of the Central African Republic (Latin: Buaren(sis)), situated within the ecclesiastical province of Berbérati.
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].