Diocese of Kaya
Kayan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kaya, Burkina Faso
The Diocese of Kaya is a Latin Rite diocese in the Centre-Nord region of Burkina Faso, established in 1969 from the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou and the Diocese of Koupela. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Koupela, and its bishop since 2018 is Theophile Nare.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 June 1969
- Latin
- Kayan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001823
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 150,000
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 3,000
- Extent
- 18,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.3
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
- Théophile Naré
- Born
- 7 July 1966
- Birthplace
- Yargo
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
Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Kaya stands in Kaya, 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 Koupela
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Koupela.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DoriDori
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kaya, a city in Burkina Faso, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Kayana) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Koupéla.
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].