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Suffragan diocese Navrongo–Bolgatanga, Ghana

Diocese of Navrongo–Bolgatanga

Navrongen(sis)-Bolgatangan(us)

The Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga is a Latin Rite diocese in the Upper East Region of Ghana, erected in 1956 as the Diocese of Navrongo and renamed in 1977. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tamale and is led by Bishop Alfred Agyenta, appointed in 2011.

On the map

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Navrongo–Bolgatanga, Ghana, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1956
Catholics
200,000
Priests
75
Territory
16,602 km²

Parishes and churches

20 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Alfred Agyenta
Born
20 January 1959
Birthplace
Wiagha

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The cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Navrongo–Bolgatanga, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Two Ghanaian cities, Navrongo and Bolgatanga, anchor the Roman Catholic Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga (Latin: Dioecesis Navrongensis-Bolgatangana), a see within the ecclesiastical province of Tamale.