Diocese of Evinayong
Evinayongen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Evinayong, Equatorial Guinea
The Diocese of Evinayong is a Latin Church diocese in mainland Equatorial Guinea, erected on 1 April 2017 from the Diocese of Bata and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Malabo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 April 2017
- Latin
- Evinayongen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005074
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 106,000
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
- Calixto Paulino Esono Abaga Obono
- Born
- 17 March 1969
- Birthplace
- Ebang-Zomo
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 de San José, Evinayong stands in Evinayong, 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 EbebiyínEbebiyín
- Diocese of MongomoMongomo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Equatorial Guinea's Catholic community forms part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2023 nearly 90% of the population identified as Christian, of whom 71% were Roman Catholics, alongside a few thousand Protestants. This share of Catholics, among the highest in Africa, reflects the country's history as a former Spanish colony. The church there is organized into five dioceses, one of which is an archdiocese.
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].