Diocese of

Bafatá

Guinea-Bissau

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bafatá / Bafatan(us) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bissau (←), Kolda (↑), Boké (↘), Conakry (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.03.08 – ...):

Bishop Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M. (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bafatá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M. (58)
(2025.03.08 – ...)

Bishop of Bafatá (Guinea-Bissau)

Sois todos irmãos

Born:	1967.04.27 (Cúmura, Guinea-Bissau)
Ordained Priest:	1998.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.06.28

Bishop of Bafatá (Guinea-Bissau) (2025.03.08 – ...)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Graça, Bafatá, Bafatá, Leste

Churches by City (11)

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

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

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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