Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Mali From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roman Catholic archdiocese in Mali From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Archdiocese of Bamako is the Metropolitan Archdiocesan See for the ecclesiastical province which covers all and only Mali. It depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Archdiocese of Bamako Archidioecesis Bamakoënsis Archidiocèse de Bamako | |
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Location | |
Country | Mali |
Ecclesiastical province | Bamako |
Statistics | |
Area | 32,908 sq mi (85,230 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 4,650,549 138,165 (3%) |
Parishes | 10 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1868 |
Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Secular priests | 33 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Robert Cissé |
Bishops emeritus | Jean Zerbo |
Website | |
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The cathedral seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in national capital Bamako.
As of 2022, it pastorally served 284,436 Catholics (4.9% of 5,836,797 total) on 85,000 km² in 10 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests (24 diocesan, 17 religious), 150 lay religious (35 brothers, 115 sisters).
The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are the:
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