Suffragan diocese Ziguinchor, Senegal
Diocese of Ziguinchor
Ziguinchoren(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Ziguinchor is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Dakar in the Casamance region of southern Senegal. It was a apostolic prefecture from 1939 and was erected as a diocese on 14 September 1955.
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- Established
- 1955
- Catholics
- 143,693
- Priests
- 107
- Territory
- 7,339 km²
Parishes and churches
32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse Cathédrale Saint Antoine de PadoueZiguinchor · CathedralView parish
- Fondation de Diakène DiolaDiakène-DiolaView parish
- Fondation Saint Joseph de DjifanghorDjifangorView parish
- Fondation Saint Laurent de EyouneEyouneView parish
- Fondation Saint Paul de MandinaMandinaView parish
- Fondation Saint Thomas d'Aquin de KéniaKéniaView parish
- Fondation Sainte Paula de DjibockDjibockView parish
- Paroisse du Bon Pasteur d'EnamporeEnamporeView parish
- Paroisse Marie Reine du Monde de NyassiaNyassiaView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame de l'Annonciation de NiaguisNiaguisView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame de la Joie de KafountineKafountineView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame de Lourdes de BignonaBignonaView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame des Pauvres de NiomouneNiomouneView parish
- Paroisse Notre Dame du Saint Rosaire de YoutouYoutouView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame de la Chandeleur de BrinBrinView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame des Pauvres de TilèneZiguinchorView parish
- Paroisse Sacré-Cœur de MlompMlompView parish
- Paroisse Saint Augustin de LyndianeLyndianeView parish
- Paroisse Saint Benoît de NémaZiguinchorView parish
- Paroisse Saint François d'Assise d'ElanaElanaView parish
- Paroisse Saint Jean Baptiste de Cabrousse - Cap SkirringCabrousseView parish
- Paroisse Saint Joseph Calasanz de DiembéringDiembéringView parish
- Paroisse Saint Joseph de SoutouSoutouView parish
- Paroisse Saint Joseph Ouvrier de CoubalanCoubalanView parish
- Paroisse Saint Martin de Porès de DiouloulouDiouloulouView parish
- Paroisse Sainte AnneThionck EssylView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Claire d'ElinkineElinkineView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus d'AffiniamAffiniamView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus d'OussouyeOussouyeView parish
- Paroisse Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus de BalandineBalandineView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jean Baptiste Valter Manga
- Born
- 18 June 1972
- Birthplace
- Oussouye
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The cathedral
Cathédrale Saint-Antoine de Padoue stands in Ziguinchor, 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
In Senegal, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ziguinchor (Latin: Ziguinchoren(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Ziguinchor) has its seat in the city of Ziguinchor and forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Dakar.