Suffragan diocese Sikasso, Mali
Diocese of Sikasso
Sikassen(sis)
Latin Church
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
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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.
- Notre-Dame de LourdesSikasso · CathedralView parish
- Martyrs de l’OugandaBouraView parish
- Notre-Dame de FatimaSanzanaView parish
- Notre-Dame de la ConfianceKemparanaView parish
- Notre-Dame d’AfriqueKoutialaView parish
- Paroisse de BouraBouraView parish
- Paroisse de DiouDiouView parish
- Paroisse de KarangassoKarangassoView parish
- Paroisse de KimparanaKimparanaView parish
- Paroisse de KouryKouryView parish
- Paroisse de KoutialaKoutialaView parish
- Paroisse de SanzanaSanzanaView parish
- Paroisse de SikassoSikassoView parish
- Saint-PaulFantérilaView parish
- Sainte-OdileKarangassoView parish
- Sainte-Thérèse de l’Enfant JésusKoutialaView parish
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.