Diocese of

Bafatá

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Bafatá / Bafatan(us) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Website:

2001.03.13: Established as Diocese of Bafatá / Bafatan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bissau and without ecclesiastical province)

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of Bafatá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Pedro Zilli, P.I.M.E.
(2001.03.13 – 2021.03.31)

Born:	1954.10.07 (Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.01.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.06.30
Died:	2021.03.31 (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau † 66)

Bishop of Bafatá (Guinea-Bissau) (2001.03.13 – 2021.03.31)

Bissau (←), Kolda (↑), Boké (↘), Conakry (↘)

Area: 24,635 km²

Population: 35,550 Catholics (4.3% of 827,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes

Personnel: 25 priests (17 diocesan, 8 religious), 35 religious (9 brothers, 26 sisters), 15 seminarians

Last updated on 2024.11.26