Diocese of Sikasso, Mali 🇲🇱

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sikasso / Sikassen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bamako

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bamako (↖), Ségou (↑), San (↗), Nouna (↗), Bobo-Dioulasso (→), Banfora (↘), Korhogo (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1947.06.12: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sikasso / Sikassen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bobo-Dioulasso)
1963.07.06: Promoted as Diocese of Sikasso / Sikassen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Bamako)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.03.19 – ...):

Bishop-elect Noël Bernard Coulibaly (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sikasso (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Noël Bernard Coulibaly (49)
(2026.03.19 – ...)

Bishop of Sikasso (Mali)

Born:	1976.12.17 (Niono, Mali)
Ordained Priest:	2002.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2026.07.04

Priest of Sikasso (Mali) (2002.07.06 – 2026.03.19)

Bishop of Sikasso (Mali) (2026.03.19 – ...)

Bishop Robert Cissé (57) (later Archbishop)
(2022.12.14 – 2024.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamako (Mali)

Evangelii veritas

Born:	1968.07.07 (Bamako, Mali)
Ordained Priest:	1993.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.02.11

Priest of Sikasso (Mali) (1993.07.10 – 2022.12.14)

Bishop of Sikasso (Mali) (2022.12.14 – 2024.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bamako (Mali) (2024.07.25 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Tiama (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.03.27 – 2022.12.14)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Tiama (70)
(1998.11.05 – 2020.03.27)

Bishop of Mopti (Mali)

Born:	1955 (Nazar, Mali)
Ordained Priest:	1984.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.02.13

Priest of Mopti (Mali) (1984.01.07 – 1998.11.05)

Bishop of Sikasso (Mali) (1998.11.05 – 2020.03.27)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mali (2009.04 – 2017.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Sikasso (Mali) (2020.03.27 – 2022.12.14)

Bishop of Mopti (Mali) (2020.03.27 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé
(1976.07.08 – 1996.11.03)

Born:	1932.08.28 (Ségou, Mali)
Ordained Priest:	1959.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.01.08
Died:	1996.11.03 († 64)

Bishop of Sikasso (Mali) (1976.07.08 – 1996.11.03)

President of Episcopal Conference of Mali (1987 – 1996)

Bishop Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr.
(1963.07.06 – 1976.07.08)

Born:	1910.04.13 (Amiens, France)
Ordained Priest:	1936.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.10.20
Died:	1980.12.19 (Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso † 70)

Prefect Apostolic of Sikasso (Mali) (1947.10.17 – 1963.07.06)

Bishop of Sikasso (Mali) (1963.07.06 – 1976.07.08)

Prefects Apostolic of Sikasso (Roman Rite)

Fr. Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr. (later Bishop)
(1947.10.17 – 1963.07.06)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Lourdes, Sikasso, Sikasso

Churches by City (8)

Bamako (↖), Ségou (↑), San (↗), Nouna (↗), Bobo-Dioulasso (→), Banfora (↘), Korhogo (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 47,950 km²

Population: 44,600 Catholics (1.9% of 2,401,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes

Personnel: 29 priests (21 diocesan, 8 religious), 29 religious (9 brothers, 20 sisters), 14 seminarians