Diocese of Dapaong
Dapaongan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Dapaong, Togo
The Diocese of Dapaong is in northern Togo, erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1960 and promoted to a diocese on July 6, 1965. Bishop Dominique Banlène Guigbile has led the diocese since November 15, 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 December 1990
- Latin
- Dapaongan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Charles Lwanga
- Annuario code
- 001001274
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 147,716
- Population
- 597,180
- Catholic share
- 24.7%
- Priests
- 69
- Catholics per priest
- 2,141
- Extent
- 8,533 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Dominique Banlène Guigbile
- Born
- 30 December 1962
- Birthplace
- Kpandéntangue-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
Cathédrale Saint Charles Lwanga stands in Dapaong, 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 Lomé
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lomé.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LoméLomé
- Diocese of AnéhoAného
- Diocese of KpaliméKpalimé
- Diocese of SokodéSokodé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Togo, the city of Dapaong gives its name to this diocese (Latin: Dapaongan(us)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Lomé.
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].