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Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga

Dioecesis Navrongensis-Bolgatangana



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Bishop(s)

  • Alfred Agyenta, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 30 May 1977
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tamale
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ghana
  • Square Kilometers: 17,914 (6,919 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Diocesan Secretariat, P.O. Box 351, Bolgatanga, U.E.R., Ghana
  • Telephone: (020)12.61.277

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Navrongo
23 April 1956ErectedDiocese of Keta
Diocese of Tamale
Diocese of Navrongo (erected) (Kassena Builsa and Mamprussi)
Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga
30 May 1977Name ChangedDiocese of Navrongo Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Navrongo
1970678,847.0%112233031179ap1971
Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga
198016,500743,0002.2%12213350026239ap1981
199040,6001,080,0003.8%2112331,230262810ap1991
199992,8411,254,0817.4%2911402,321223113ap2000
200095,6211,281,7037.5%3210422,276163213ap2001
200195,6211,281,7037.5%2410342,812223013ap2002
200282,6421,388,8926.0%3612481,721212914ap2003
200385,1211,425,3916.0%3411451,891202814ap2004
2004200,0001,500,00013.3%3412464,347243214ap2005
2013118,3371,896,0006.2%5111621,908233714ap2014
2016140,7812,025,0007.0%4513582,427263219ap2017
2019360,0402,168,00016.6%5615715,070283421ap2020
2021376,2002,265,57016.6%5815735,153303124ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Navrongo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 8, Page 649, to Page 651
  • Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 69, Page 498, and Page 499

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