Diocese of Kandi
Kandin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kandi, Benin
The Diocese of Kandi is a Latin rite see in northern Benin, established on 19 December 1994 from the Diocese of Parakou. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Parakou.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 December 1994
- Latin
- Kandin(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001001797
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,863
- Population
- 700,197
- Catholic share
- 4.0%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 1,327
- Extent
- 26,242 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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
- Clet Feliho
- Born
- 14 February 1954
- Birthplace
- Conakry
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel stands in Kandi, 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 Parakou
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Parakou.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ParakouParakou
- Diocese of DjougouDjougou
- Diocese of NatitingouNatitingou
- Diocese of N’DaliN’Dali
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Kandi in Benin, within the ecclesiastical province of Parakou, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kandi (Latin: Dioecesis Kandina). The diocese carries out its social work through Caritas Kandi.
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].