Diocese of Kolda
Koldaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kolda, Senegal
The Diocese of Kolda is a Latin Church diocese in southern Senegal, established on 22 December 1999 from the Diocese of Ziguinchor and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Dakar. Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène has led it since 1999, with Joseph Francis Badji named coadjutor bishop in January 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 1999
- Latin
- Koldaën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Victories
- Annuario code
- 001001881
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,840
- Population
- 833,760
- Catholic share
- 4.4%
- Priests
- 33
- Catholics per priest
- 1,116
- Extent
- 21,011 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- Jean-Pierre Bassène
- Born
- 1 August 1951
- Birthplace
- Essyl
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
Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires stands in Kolda, 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 Dakar
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Dakar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DakarDakar
- Diocese of KaolackKaolack
- Diocese of Saint-Louis du SénégalSaint-Louis du Sénégal
- Diocese of TambacoundaTambacounda
- Diocese of ThièsThiès
- Diocese of ZiguinchorZiguinchor
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Senegalese city of Kolda is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Koldaën(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Kolda) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Dakar.
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].