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Diocese of Sokodé

Dioecesis Sokodensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Sokodé
18 May 1937ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Togo (Sokodé, Bassari, Lama-Kara, and Sansanné-Mango) Prefecture Apostolic of Sokodé (erected)
Diocese of Sokodé
14 September 1955ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Sokodé Diocese of Sokodé
1 March 1960Territory LostDiocese of Sokodé (Northern Region of Togo) Prefecture Apostolic of Dapango (erected)
1 July 1994Territory LostDiocese of Sokodé Diocese of Kara (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Sokodé
197041,263468,8138.8%1422361,146334315ap1971
198061,511592,82010.4%1024341,809365319ap1981
199084,198710,21011.9%2923521,6193710223ap1991
1999110,500810,20013.6%167234,804136711ap2000
2000113,564810,20014.0%165215,40796811ap2001
2001116,379810,20014.4%167235,059107111ap2002
2002118,624814,73414.6%177244,942127411ap2003
2003120,726815,00014.8%198274,471137711ap2004
2004122,857816,00015.1%248323,839127411ap2005
2010137,2131,033,72913.3%3517522,6382910315ap2011
2014153,0211,136,00013.5%4620662,3182910617ap2015
2017178,0881,505,62011.8%4729762,343449118ap2018
2020184,1001,610,00011.4%4818662,789309121ap2021
2022201,5081,681,00012.0%5115663,053289922ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Prefecture Apostolic of Sokodé
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 29, Page 465, and Page 466
  • Diocese of Sokodé
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 48, Page 113, to Page 119

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