Roman Catholic Diocese of Bambari
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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.
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Diocese of Bambari Dioecesis Bambaritana | |
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Bishopric | |
Location | |
Country | Central African Republic |
Ecclesiastical province | Bangui |
Metropolitan | Bangui |
Statistics | |
Area | 173,000 km2 (67,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 429755 104129 (24.2%) |
Parishes | 14 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 18, 1965 |
Cathedral | Cathédrale Saint Joseph, Bambari, Ouaka |
Secular priests | 25 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. |
Bishops emeritus | Jean-Claude Rembanga |
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The diocese's episcopal see is Bambari. Its cathedral and is Cathédrale Saint Joseph, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Bambari, Ouaka.