Diocese of

Kolda

Senegal Senegal

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kolda / Koldaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dakar

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (1999.12.22 – ...):Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène (73)Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kolda (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène (73)Bishop Jean-Pierre Bassène (73)
(1999.12.22 – ...)

Bishop of Kolda (Senegal)

Born:1951.08.01 (Essyl, Senegal)
Ordained Priest:1980.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:2000.04.29

Priest of Ziguinchor (Senegal) (1980.04.11 – 1999.12.22)

Bishop of Kolda (Senegal) (1999.12.22 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Tambacounda (Senegal) (2017.08.05 – 2021.11.04)

Special Churches

Bissau (↙), Ziguinchor (←), Banjul (↖), Tambacounda (→), Bafatá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,011 km²

Population: 35,930 Catholics (2.8% of 1,294,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 39 priests (29 diocesan, 10 religious), 57 religious (16 brothers, 41 sisters), 11 seminarians

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Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.10.29

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