Diocese of

Bangassou 𝐖

Central African Republic

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bangassou / Bangassuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bangui

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1954.06.14: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bangassou / Bangassuen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui)
1964.02.10: Promoted as Diocese of Bangassou / Bangassuen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Bangui)
2004.12.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Alindao

Present Prelates

Bishop (2000.12.21 – ...):	Bishop Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.J. (70)
Coadjutor Bishop (2024.02.23 – ...):	Bishop Aurelio Gazzera, O.C.D. (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bangassou (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.J. (70)
(2000.12.21 – ...)

Bishop of Bangassou (Central African Republic)

Born:	1954.06.05 (Córdoba, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1980.09.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.05.10

Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou (Central African Republic) (1997.12.13 – 2000.12.21)

Bishop of Bangassou (Central African Republic) (2000.12.21 – ...)

Bishop Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp.
(1964.02.10 – 2000.12.21)

Born:	1924.09.28 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1950.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.05.11
Died:	2000.12.21 († 76)

Bishop of Bangassou (Central African Republic) (1964.02.10 – 2000.12.21)

Prefects Apostolic of Bangassou (Roman Rite)

Fr. Martin Bodewes, C.S.Sp.
(1955 – 1964)

Died:

1964

Prefect Apostolic of Bangassou (Central African Republic) (1955 – 1964)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Juan-José Aguirre Muñoz, M.C.C.J. (70) (1997.12.13 – 2000.12.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.J. (65) (2017.07.11 – 2021.03.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-Claver, Bangassou, Mbomou

Molegbe (↙), Alindao (←), Bambari (↖), Wau (↗), Tombura–Yambio (→), Dungu–Doruma (↘), Bondo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 134,284 km²

Population: 85,244 Catholics (14.1% of 603,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 29 priests (24 diocesan, 5 religious), 15 religious (7 brothers, 8 sisters), 14 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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