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 Sainte Trinité de KadiamorKadiamorView parish
- Paroisse Saints Martyrs de l'Ouganda de ColobaneZiguinchorView 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.