Diocese of Kpalimé
Kpalimen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kpalimé, Togo
The Diocese of Kpalimé is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Lomé, Togo, erected on 1 July 1994 from the Archdiocese of Lomé. Bishop Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou has led it since 2001.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 July 1994
- Latin
- Kpalimen(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Spirit
- Annuario code
- 001001904
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 436,200
- Population
- 715,650
- Catholic share
- 61.0%
- Priests
- 158
- Catholics per priest
- 2,761
- Extent
- 6,447 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 68
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
- Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou
- Born
- 5 March 1949
- Birthplace
- Tsévié
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 Saint-Esprit stands in Kpalimé, 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 Lomé
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lomé.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LoméLomé
- Diocese of AnéhoAného
- Diocese of DapaongDapaong
- Diocese of SokodéSokodé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Kpalimé, a city in Togo, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kpalimen(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Lomé.
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].