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Suffragan diocese Sikasso, Mali

Diocese of Sikasso

Sikassen(sis)

Latin Church diocese in Sikasso, Mali, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1947 and elevated to a diocese on 6 July 1963. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bamako, and Pope Leo XIV appointed Noël Bernard Coulibaly as bishop on 19 March 2026.

On the map

Esri
Sikasso, Mali, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1947
Catholics
44,600
Priests
30
Territory
47,950 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Noël Bernard Coulibaly

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The cathedral

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Lourdes stands in Sikasso, 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

Seated in the city of Sikasso in Mali, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sikasso (Latin: Sikassen(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Sikasso) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bamako.