Diocese of Bambari, Central African Republic 🇨🇫

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bambari / Bambaritan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangui

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kaga-Bandoro (←), Mongo (↑), El Obeid (↗), Wau (↗), Bangassou (→), Alindao (↘), Molegbe (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1965.12.18: Established as Diocese of Bambari / Bambaritan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui and became suffragan of Bangui)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.04.28 – ...):

Bishop Richard Appora Ngalanibe, O.P. (54)

President of Central African Episcopal Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bambari (Roman Rite)

Bishop Richard Appora Ngalanibe, O.P. (54)
(2017.04.28 – ...)

Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic)
President of Central African Episcopal Conference

Born:	1972.04.03 (Bangui, Central African Republic)
Ordained Priest:	2004.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.03.25

Coadjutor Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic) (2016.12.10 – 2017.04.28)

Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic) (2017.04.28 – ...)

Vice-President of Central African Episcopal Conference (2019.01.18? – 2025.01.11)

President of Central African Episcopal Conference (2025.01.11 – ...)

Bishop Édouard Mathos
(2004.11.06 – 2017.04.28)

Bonne nouvelle a tous

Born:	1948.06.28 (Bossangoa, Central African Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.10
Died:	2017.04.28 (Bangui, Central African Republic † 68)

Priest of Bossangoa (Central African Republic) (1977.06.19 – 1987.08.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bossangoa (Central African Republic) (1987.08.28 – 1991.01.26)

Titular Bishop of Giufi (1987.08.28 – 2004.11.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bangui (Central African Republic) (1991.01.26 – 2004.11.06)

Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic) (2004.11.06 – 2017.04.28)

President of Central African Episcopal Conference (2010.02 – 2013.07)

Bishop Jean-Claude Rembanga (71)
(1996.02.29 – 2004.11.06)

Bishop emeritus of Bambari (Central African Republic)

Ut unum sint

Born:	1955.10.06 (Ippy, Central African Republic)
Ordained Priest:	1986.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.10.29

Coadjutor Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic) (1995.06.10 – 1996.02.29)

Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic) (1996.02.29 – 2004.11.06)

Bishop Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp.
(1981.06.19 – 1996.02.29)

Born:	1928.04.03 (Colombier-Fontaine, France)
Ordained Priest:	1953.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.09.27
Died:	1996.02.29 (Paris, France † 67)

Apostolic Administrator of Bambari (Central African Republic) (1978.04.28 – 1981.06.19)

Bishop of Bambari (Central African Republic) (1981.06.19 – 1996.02.29)

Fr. Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1978.04.28 – 1981.06.19)

Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen
(Apostolic Administrator 1970 – 1978)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Richard Appora Ngalanibe, O.P. (54) (2016.12.10 – 2017.04.28)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jean-Claude Rembanga (71) (1995.06.10 – 1996.02.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Joseph, Bambari, Ouaka

Kaga-Bandoro (←), Mongo (↑), El Obeid (↗), Wau (↗), Bangassou (→), Alindao (↘), Molegbe (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 173,000 km²

Population: 134,000 Catholics (25.9% of 517,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 18 priests (15 diocesan, 3 religious), 3 religious (3 brothers), 2 seminarians