Roman Catholic Diocese of Bambari

Diocese of Bambari

Dioecesis Bambaritana
Bishopric
Location
CountryCentral African Republic
Ecclesiastical provinceBangui
MetropolitanBangui
Statistics
Area173,000 km2 (67,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
429755
104129 (24.2%)
Parishes14
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedDecember 18, 1965
CathedralCathédrale Saint Joseph, Bambari, Ouaka
Secular priests25
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopBertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P
Metropolitan ArchbishopDieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp.
Bishops emeritusJean-Claude Rembanga
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The Diocese of Bambari (Latin: Dioecesis Bambaritana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Central African Republic. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui, which covers the Central African Republic, but depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

The diocese's episcopal see is Bambari. Its cathedral and is Cathédrale Saint Joseph, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Bambari, Ouaka.


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