Diocese of Sikasso
Sikassen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sikasso, Mali
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 July 1963
- Latin
- Sikassen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003060
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 44,600
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 1,487
- Extent
- 47,950 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Noël Bernard Coulibaly
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 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.
The province of Bamako
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bamako.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BamakoBamako
- Diocese of KayesKayes
- Diocese of MoptiMopti
- Diocese of SanSan
- Diocese of SégouSégou
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].