Diocese of

Doba

Chad Chad

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Doba / Doban(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: N’Djaména

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.12.10 – ...):Bishop Martin Waïngue Bani (62)Bishop Martin Waïngue Bani (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Doba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Waïngue Bani (62)Bishop Martin Waïngue Bani (62)
(2016.12.10 – ...)

Bishop of Doba (Chad)

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Born:1963.02.12 (Laï, Chad)
Ordained Priest:1991.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:2017.02.18

Priest of Doba (Chad) (1991.07.08 – 2016.12.10)

Bishop of Doba (Chad) (2016.12.10 – ...)

Bishop Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.J. (75)Bishop Miguel Ángel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.J. (75)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.01.30 – 2016.12.10)

Bishop Michele Russo, M.C.C.J.
(1989.03.06 – 2014.01.30)

Prædica verbum

Born:1945.01.30 (San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1970.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:1989.05.21
Died:2019.03.29 (Milano, Italy † 74)

Bishop of Doba (Chad) (1989.03.06 – 2014.01.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Moundou (Chad) (2003.12.07 – 2004.06.03)

Special Churches

Moundou (←), Laï (↑), Koumra (→), Goré (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,816 km²

Population: 112,790 Catholics (21.4% of 526,162 total)

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 27 priests (16 diocesan, 11 religious), 64 religious (17 brothers, 47 sisters), 13 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

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