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Suffragan diocese Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic

Diocese of Kaga-Bandoro

Kagien(sis)-Bandoren(sis)

The Diocese of Kaga-Bandoro is a Latin Catholic diocese in the Central African Republic, erected in 1997 from the Archdiocese of Bangui. A suffragan of Bangui, it is led by Bishop Victor Hugo Castillo Matarrita, M.C.C.J.

On the map

Esri
Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1997
Catholics
50,347
Priests
29
Territory
95,000 km²

Parishes and churches

1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Victor Hugo Castillo Matarrita
Born
19 March 1963
Birthplace
Mansión
Institute
MISSIONARI COMBONIANI DEL CUORE DI GESÙ

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, Kaga-Bandoro stands in Kaga-Bandoro, 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.

History

In the Central African Republic, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaga-Bandoro (Latin: Kagien(sis)-Bandoren(sis)) has its seat in Kaga-Bandoro, within the ecclesiastical province of Bangui.