Suffragan diocese Navrongo–Bolgatanga, Ghana
Diocese of Navrongo–Bolgatanga
Navrongen(sis)-Bolgatangan(us)
Latin Church
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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- 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.
- Sacred Heart CathedralBolgatanga · CathedralView parish
- Binduri RectorateBinduriView parish
- Christ the KingSandemaView parish
- Christ the KingChianaView parish
- Holy AngelsGaruView parish
- Martyrs of UgandaSiriguView parish
- Our Lady of HopeBunkpuruguView parish
- Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Minor BasilicaNavrongoView parish
- Our Lady, Queen of AfricaTendaama, BolgatangaView parish
- Spiritual Renewal Centre (local church)KongoView parish
- St. AnneBongoView parish
- St. Anthony of PaduaBawkuView parish
- St. Charles LwangaZebillaView parish
- St. Francis XavierWiagaView parish
- St. Joseph's ParishSoeView parish
- St. Martin's ParishZuarunguView parish
- St. Paul's ParishWalewaleView parish
- St. Teresa of the Child JesusTongoView parish
- St. TheresaPagaView parish
- Sts. Peter & PaulFumbisiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
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.