Diocese of Kara, Togo 🇹🇬

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kara / Karaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lomé

Neighbouring Dioceses: Yendi (←), Dapaong (↖), Natitingou (↑), Djougou (→), Sokodé (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1994.07.01: Established as Diocese of Kara / Karaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Sokodé and became suffragan of Lomé)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1985.08)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.01.07 – ...):

Bishop Jacques Danka Longa (65)

President of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacques Danka Longa (65)
(2009.01.07 – ...)

Bishop of Kara (Togo)
President of Episcopal Conference of Togo

Non ego

Born:	1961.07.26 (Sokodé, Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1992.01.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.07.26

Priest of Sokodé (Togo) (1992.01.25 – 1994.07.01)

Priest of Kara (Togo) (1994.07.01 – 2008.04.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Kara (Togo) (2008.04.23 – 2009.01.07)

Bishop of Kara (Togo) (2009.01.07 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Togo (2021? – 2026.10.16)

President of Episcopal Conference of Togo (2026.10.16 – ...)

Bishop Ignace Baguibassa Sambar-Talkena
(1996.11.30 – 2009.01.07)

Non ego

Born:	1935.03.31 (Baga, Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.01.06
Died:	2013.02.03 († 77)

Bishop of Kara (Togo) (1996.11.30 – 2009.01.07)

Bishop Ernest Patili Assi
(1994.07.01 – 1996.02.16)

Born:	1936.12.31 (Bohou, Togo)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.10.15
Died:	1996.02.16 († 59)

Bishop of Kara (Togo) (1994.07.01 – 1996.02.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jacques Danka Longa (65) (2008.04.23 – 2009.01.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saints Pierre et Paul, Kara, Kara

Yendi (←), Dapaong (↖), Natitingou (↑), Djougou (→), Sokodé (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,590 km²

Population: 209,239 Catholics (21.9% of 957,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 125 priests (84 diocesan, 41 religious), 219 religious (85 brothers, 134 sisters), 47 seminarians