Diocese of Ebebiyín
Ebebiyinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ebebiyín, Equatorial Guinea
The Diocese of Ebebiyin is a Latin Church diocese in the Kie-Ntem province of Equatorial Guinea, established on October 15, 1982, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Malabo. The see has been vacant since May 14, 2026, when Bishop Miguel Angel Nguema Bee was transferred to the Diocese of Bata.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 October 1982
- Latin
- Ebebiyinen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Begona
- Annuario code
- 001001340
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 273,000
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 6,349
- Extent
- 3,943 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 69
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
- Born
- 13 July 1969
- Birthplace
- Bata
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI)
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
Catedral Santa Isabel stands in Ebebiyín, 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 BataBata
- Diocese of EvinayongEvinayong
- Diocese of MongomoMongomo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Ebibeyin, in Kié-Ntem province of the Región Continental, this diocese carries the official title of Diocese "Virgin of Begoña, Mother of Christ" of Ebibeyín (Latin: Ebibeyinen(sis)). It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Malabo, which covers all of Equatorial Guinea, while remaining dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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].