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Diocese of Atakpamé

Dioecesis Atakpamensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Moïse Messan Touho, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 September 1964
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lomé
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Togo
  • Square Kilometers: 13,900 (5,368 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://dioceseatakpame.org/
  • Mailing Address: Eveche, B.P. 11, Atakpame, Togo
  • Telephone: 2440.04.13
  • Fax: 2440.11.13

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 September 1964ErectedArchdiocese of Lomé (Atakpamé, Akposso, and Nuatia) Diocese of Atakpamé (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196965,037298,38521.8%18183,613228ap1971
198088,700398,00022.3%513184,927132311ap1981
1990131,457605,00021.7%206265,056174914ap1991
1999197,630598,87833.0%531543,659145919ap2000
2000202,364616,96432.8%511523,891115319ap2001
2001203,417624,71432.6%551563,63295919ap2002
2002210,314648,01532.5%531543,89495419ap2003
2003214,455698,67630.7%531543,97195919ap2004
2004215,469679,92331.7%541553,91798719ap2005
2006257,168699,54036.8%561574,511910029ap2007
2012293,546792,00037.1%64644,58679830ap2013
2015327,631903,54036.3%726784,200139234ap2016
2018337,939956,07035.3%763794,2771110339ap2019
2020343,541999,19034.4%883913,7751011340ap2021
2022350,5561,045,68033.5%10431073,276811753ap2023

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 57, Page 439, and Page 440

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