Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone | |||
13 April 1858 | Erected | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} | Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone (erected) |
18 October 1897 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Senegambia
Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone | Prefecture Apostolic of Guinea Francese (erected) |
18 April 1903 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone | Prefecture Apostolic of Liberia (erected) |
Diocese of Freetown and Bo | |||
18 April 1950 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone | Diocese of Freetown and Bo |
3 April 1952 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Freetown and Bo (Northern civil province) | Prefecture Apostolic of Makeni (erected) |
11 November 1970 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Freetown and Bo (Eastern Province) | Diocese of Kenema (erected) |
Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo | |||
11 November 1970 | Elevated | Diocese of Freetown and Bo | Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo |
15 January 2011 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo (Bo, Bonthe, Moyamba, and Pujehun) | Diocese of Bo (erected)
Archdiocese of Freetown |
15 January 2011 | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo | |
Archdiocese of Freetown | |||
15 January 2011 | Name Changed | Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo (Bo, Bonthe, Moyamba, and Pujehun) | Diocese of Bo (erected)
Archdiocese of Freetown |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Diocese of Freetown and Bo | ||||||||||||
1950 | 11,079 | 2,250,000 | .5% | 38 | 38 | 291 | 40 | 28 | 4 | ap1951 | ||
1970 | 37,096 | 1,282,789 | 2.9% | 1 | 49 | 50 | 741 | 52 | 44 | 20 | ap1971 | |
Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo | ||||||||||||
1980 | 40,426 | 974,000 | 4.2% | 5 | 30 | 35 | 1,155 | 32 | 40 | 14 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 41,102 | 1,068,000 | 3.8% | 18 | 17 | 35 | 1,174 | 19 | 57 | 19 | ap1991 | |
1997 | 88,600 | 1,655,600 | 5.4% | 29 | 19 | 48 | 1,845 | 46 | 56 | 21 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 91,500 | 1,800,000 | 5.1% | 30 | 22 | 52 | 1,759 | 32 | 56 | 22 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 24,221 | 1,823,000 | 1.3% | 30 | 19 | 49 | 494 | 31 | 7 | 22 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 97,234 | 2,300,875 | 4.2% | 37 | 18 | 55 | 1,767 | 34 | 8 | 22 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 101,678 | 2,800,993 | 3.6% | 40 | 18 | 58 | 1,753 | 39 | 21 | 22 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 127,851 | 2,918,000 | 4.4% | 41 | 16 | 57 | 2,243 | 33 | 25 | 27 | ap2005 | |
2006 | 141,200 | 3,214,700 | 4.4% | 39 | 13 | 52 | 2,715 | 33 | 29 | 26 | ap2007 | |
Archdiocese of Freetown | ||||||||||||
2011 | 20,000 | 1,776,871 | 1.1% | 25 | 15 | 40 | 500 | 31 | 23 | 13 | bul:15jan2011 | |
2012 | 70,000 | 1,500,000 | 4.7% | 25 | 11 | 36 | 1,944 | 35 | 14 | 15 | ap2013 | |
2013 | 71,800 | 1,538,000 | 4.7% | 20 | 17 | 37 | 1,940 | 34 | 18 | 12 | ap2014 | |
2016 | 77,400 | 1,657,000 | 4.7% | 18 | 14 | 32 | 2,418 | 38 | 16 | 11 | ap2017 | |
2019 | 83,200 | 1,780,800 | 4.7% | 22 | 21 | 43 | 1,934 | 38 | 19 | 11 | ap2020 | |
2021 | 87,500 | 1,872,675 | 4.7% | 20 | 21 | 41 | 2,134 | 31 | 21 | 11 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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