Diocese of Yendi
Yenden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yendi, Ghana
The Diocese of Yendi is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in northern Ghana, erected on 16 March 1999 from the Archdiocese of Tamale. Its bishop, Matthew Yitiereh, was appointed on 3 June 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 March 1999
- Latin
- Yenden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Lourdes
- Annuario code
- 001000201
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,847
- Population
- 625,603
- Catholic share
- 1.1%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 185
- Extent
- 19,160 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Matthew Yitiereh
- Born
- 1 January 1961
- Birthplace
- Wa
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Yendi stands in Yendi, 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 Tamale
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tamale.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TamaleTamale
- Diocese of DamongoDamongo
- Diocese of Navrongo–BolgatangaNavrongo–Bolgatanga
- Diocese of WaWa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Yendi in Ghana gives its name and seat to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yendi (Latin: Yenden(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Tamale.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop's Office, P.O. Box YD 129, Yendi, N.R., Ghana
- Telephone
- 555.296.204
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].