Jump to content

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebebiyín

Coordinates: 2°09′22″N 11°19′49″E / 2.1562°N 11.3303°E / 2.1562; 11.3303
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Referencer12 (talk | contribs) at 02:32, 7 February 2023 (Adding local short description: "Roman Catholic diocese in Equatorial Guinea", overriding Wikidata description "diocese of the Catholic Church"). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebibeyín (Template:Lang-la; officially, the Diocese "Virgin of Begoña, Mother of Christ" of Ebibeyín)[1] is a diocese in the Ecclesiastical province (covering all Equatorial Guinea) of Malabo, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Its cathedral episcopal see is located in the city of Ebibeyin, Kié-Ntem province, Región Continental.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 158,000 Catholics (69.0% of 229,140 total) on 3,943 km2 in 11 parishes with 25 priests (19 diocesan, 6 religious), 40 lay religious (12 brothers, 28 sisters) and 19 seminarians.

Shortly before the 2017 loss of daughter Mongomo, it had an area of 12,000 square miles, a total population of 204,000, a Catholic population of 164,000, 33 priests and 89 religious.

History

  • Established on October 15, 1982 as Diocese of Ebibeyín, on territory split off from the Diocese of Bata.
  • Lost territory on 2017.04.01 to establish the Diocese of Mongomo (in the same ecclesiastical province).

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Ebibeyín

See also

References

  1. ^ "Official website". Diócesis "Virgen de Begoña, Madre de Cristo" Ebibeyin – Guinea Ecuatorial (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2020.

2°09′22″N 11°19′49″E / 2.1562°N 11.3303°E / 2.1562; 11.3303

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Ebebiyín&oldid=1137922015"