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Diocese of Jasikan

Dioecesis Iasikanensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 19 December 1994
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Accra
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ghana
  • Square Kilometers: 10,902 (4,210 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://www.jasikandiocese.org
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box JA 64, Jasikan, Oti Region, Ghana
  • Telephone: (024)32.77.688

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
19 December 1994ErectedDiocese of Keta-Ho (Northern quarter: Jasikan, Kadjebi, Kete-Krachi, and Nkwanta) Diocese of Jasikan (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999145,952554,41126.3%24246,0811010ap2000
2000146,743554,74526.5%26265,643910ap2001
2001160,439551,43629.1%27275,9421113ap2002
2002150,785554,74527.2%301314,86411013ap2003
2003146,885557,09526.4%291304,89611113ap2004
2004147,688557,82826.5%321334,47511213ap2005
2006147,815582,00025.4%27275,4741013ap2007
2013148,670568,77126.1%402423,5392515ap2014
2016153,500782,73719.6%334374,1484915ap2017
2019164,300839,40019.6%363394,21231215ap2020
2021171,700877,40019.6%343374,64031215ap2022

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 87, Page 602, and Page 603

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