Diocese of

Kayes

Mali Mali

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kayes / Kayesen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bamako

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.01.31 – ...):Bishop Jonas DembĂ©lĂ© (61)Bishop Jonas DembĂ©lĂ© (61)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mali

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kayes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jonas Dembélé (61)Bishop Jonas Dembélé (61)
(2013.01.31 – ...)

Bishop of Kayes (Mali)
President of Episcopal Conference of Mali

Born:1963.05.15 (Sokoura, Mali)
Ordained Priest:1992.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:2013.05.11

Priest of San (Mali) (1992.07.12 – 2013.01.31)

Bishop of Kayes (Mali) (2013.01.31 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mali (2017.03 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Dao
(1978.09.12 – 2011.06.13)

Born:1936.06.08 (Mali)
Ordained Priest:1965.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:1979.01.27
Died:2011.10.23 († 75)

Bishop of Kayes (Mali) (1978.09.12 – 2011.06.13)

Bishop Étienne-Marie-FĂ©lix Courtois, M. Afr.
(1963.07.06 – 1978.07.11)

Born:1913.09.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:1938.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1963.10.20
Died:1978.07.11 († 64)

Prefect Apostolic of Kayes (Mali) (1947.11.07 – 1963.07.06)

Bishop of Kayes (Mali) (1963.07.06 – 1978.07.11)

Prefects Apostolic of Kayes (Roman Rite)

Fr. Étienne-Marie-FĂ©lix Courtois, M. Afr. (later Bishop)
(1947.11.07 – 1963.07.06)

(see above)

Special Churches

Churches by City (7)

Conakry (↙), Tambacounda (←), Nouakchott (↑), SĂ©gou (→), Bamako (↘), Kankan (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 166,000 kmÂČ

Population: 9,776 Catholics (0.5% of 2,125,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 7 parishes

Personnel: 14 priests (11 diocesan, 3 religious), 16 religious (3 brothers, 13 sisters), 4 seminarians

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Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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