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Diocese of Banfora

Dioecesis Banforensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Lucas Kalfa Sanou, Bishop

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
27 June 1998ErectedDiocese of Bobo-Dioulasso (Comoé and Léraba) Diocese of Banfora (erected)
5 December 2000Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Banfora (from Ouagadougou)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199815,000320,0004.7%96151,0006244ap2007
201223,500645,0003.6%166221,06818368ap2013
201529,200723,5004.0%158231,26918488ap2016
201835,100772,1004.5%208281,25321518ap2019
202037,230819,0004.5%218291,28321518ap2021
202237,540820,0004.6%219301,25119409ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 90, Page 929, and Page 930
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 195

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