Diocese of

Bafatá

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Bafatá / Bafatan(us) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

2001.03.13: Established as Diocese of Bafatá / Bafatan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bissau and without ecclesiastical province)

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of Bafatá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Pedro Zilli, P.I.M.E.
(2001.03.13 – 2021.03.31)

Born:	1954.10.07 (Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.01.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.06.30
Died:	2021.03.31 (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau † 66)

Bishop of Bafatá (Guinea-Bissau) (2001.03.13 – 2021.03.31)

Bissau (←), Kolda (↑), Conakry (↘)

Area: 24,635 km²

Population: 35,710 Catholics (4.4% of 816,930 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 20 priests (13 diocesan, 7 religious), 31 religious (8 brothers, 23 sisters), 17 seminarians

Last updated on 2023.11.30