Diocese of Bangassou
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bangassou is a suffragan diocese in the Central African Republic in the ecclesiastical province of Bangui. The diocese is dependent on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathédrale Saint Pierre Claver, dedicated to Jesuit Saint Peter Claver, in Bangassou, Mbomou prefecture.
History
- Established on 14 June 1954 as Apostolic Prefecture of Bangassou, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui, its future Metropolitan
- Promoted to Diocese of Bangassou on 10 February 1964 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bangui.
- Lost territory on 18 December 2004 to establish the Diocese of Alindao.
Statistics
As per 2020, the diocese pastorally served 82,500 Catholics on 134,284 km2 in 14 parishes with 28 priests, 13 lay religious and 10 seminarians.Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Bangassou
- Father Martin Bodewes, Holy Ghost Fathers
Bishops of Bangassou
- Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp.
- Juan José Aguirre, Comboni Missionaries, former Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou
Auxiliary Bishop
- Jesús Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.J., Titular Bishop of Aræ in Mauretania, Appointed, Bishop of Mbaïki.
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Alindao in 2012