Diocese of Koumra
Coumranen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Koumra, Chad
The Diocese of Koumra is a Latin rite suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of N'Djaména, erected on 12 August 2023 from the Diocese of Sarh and coinciding with the civil province of Mandoul, Chad. Bishop Samuel Mbairabé Tibingar was appointed its first bishop at its erection.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 August 2023
- Latin
- Coumranen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001005117
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 124,083
- Extent
- 17,330 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.2
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
- Samuel Mbairabé Tibingar
- Born
- 27 July 1972
- Birthplace
- Sarh
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 Sainte-Thérèse stands in Koumra, 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 N'Djaména
A suffragan of Archdiocese of N'Djaména.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of N’DjaménaN’Djaména
- Diocese of LaïLaï
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- B.P. 14, Koumra, Tchad
- Telephone
- 65.83.9685; 92.46.79.88
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].