Suffragan diocese Kara, Togo
Diocese of Kara
Karaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kara is a Latin rite see in northern Togo, established on 1 July 1994. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lome.
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- Established
- 1994
- Catholics
- 117,470
- Priests
- 113
- Territory
- 10,590 km²
Parishes and churches
46 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse St KisitoBassarView parish
- Paroisse St LaurentKandéView parish
- Paroisse St MartinBassarView parish
- Paroisse St PaulKandéView parish
- Paroisse St RaphaëlKaraView parish
- Paroisse St Thomas ApôtrePagoudaView parish
- Paroisse Ste AnneYadèView parish
- Paroisse Ste ClaireKandéView parish
- Paroisse Ste CécileKaraView parish
- Paroisse Ste Famille de DéfaléDéfaléView parish
- Paroisse Ste Famille de Kara-DongoyoKara-DongoyoView parish
- Paroisse Ste Maria GorettiPagoudaView parish
- Paroisse Ste Marie Mère de DieuKaraView parish
- Paroisse Ste MoniqueKaraView parish
- Paroisse Ste Thérèse de l'Enfant-JésusBassarView parish
- Paroisse Ste TrinitéBassarView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jacques Danka Longa
- Born
- 26 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Sokodé
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The cathedral
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral stands in Kara, 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 Togo, the city of Kara gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Karaën(sis)) that belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Lomé.