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Roman Catholic Diocese of Dapaong

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Country
  
Togo

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
8,533 km²

Metropolitan
  
Lomé

Pope
  
Francis

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 597,180 147,716 (24.7%)

Bishop
  
Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lomé

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Atakpamé (Latin: Dapaongan(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Dapaong in the Ecclesiastical province of Lomé in Togo.

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History

  • March 1, 1960: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dapango from the Diocese of Sokodé
  • July 6, 1965: Promoted as Diocese of Dapango
  • December 3, 1990: Renamed as Diocese of Dapaong

    • Special churches

    The Cathedral is Cathédrale Saint Charles Lwanga in Dapaong.

    Leadership

  • Bishops of Dapaong (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda (since 1990.12.03)
  • Bishops of Dapango (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph Hanrion, O.F.M. (1965.07.06 – 1984.09.18)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Dapango (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph Hanrion, O.F.M. (1960.03.29 – 1965.07.06)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Dapaong Wikipedia
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