Diocese of Dapaong, Togo 🇹🇬

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Dapaong / Dapaongan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lomé

Neighbouring Dioceses: Yendi (↙), Navrongo–Bolgatanga (←), Tenkodogo (↑), Fada N’Gourma (↗), Natitingou (→), Kara (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1960.03.01: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dapango (from Diocese of Sokodé)
1965.07.06: Promoted as Diocese of Dapango (became suffragan of Lomé)
1990.12.03: Renamed as Diocese of Dapaong / Dapaongan(us) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.11.15 – ...):

Bishop Dominique Banlène Guigbile (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Dapaong (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dominique Banlène Guigbile (63)
(2016.11.15 – ...)

Bishop of Dapaong (Togo)

Donne-moi la sagesse

Born:	1962.12.30 (Kpandéntangue-B, Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.02.04

Priest of Dapaong (Togo) (1992.12.30 – 2016.11.15)

Bishop of Dapaong (Togo) (2016.11.15 – ...)

Bishop Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda (79)
(1990.12.03 – 2016.11.15)

Bishop emeritus of Dapaong (Togo)

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Born:	1946 (Kandé, Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.04.13

Bishop of Dapaong (Togo) (1990.12.03 – 2016.11.15)

Bishops of Dapango (Roman Rite)

Fr. Pierre Reinhard, O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1984.09.18 – 1990.12.03)

Bishop Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph Hanrion, O.F.M.
(1965.07.06 – 1984.09.18)

Born:	1914.01.10 (Grenay, France)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.01.09
Died:	2000.04.26 (Orsay, France † 86)

Prefect Apostolic of Dapango (Togo) (1960.03.29 – 1965.07.06)

Bishop of Dapango (Togo) (1965.07.06 – 1984.09.18)

Prefects Apostolic of Dapango (Roman Rite)

Fr. Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph Hanrion, O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1960.03.29 – 1965.07.06)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint Charles Lwanga, Dapaong, Savanes

Yendi (↙), Navrongo–Bolgatanga (←), Tenkodogo (↑), Fada N’Gourma (↗), Natitingou (→), Kara (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,534 km²

Population: 122,488 Catholics (11.9% of 1,028,282 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes

Personnel: 68 priests (39 diocesan, 29 religious), 126 religious (51 brothers, 75 sisters), 25 seminarians