Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Bissau / Bissagen(sis) (Latin)
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop (2021.12.10 – ...): | ![]() Second Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa |
Bishops of Bissau (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) Procurai em primeiro lugar o reino de Deus e a sua justiça
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Bishop emeritus of Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)
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Bishop Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta, O.F.M.
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Prefects Apostolic of Guinea-Bissau (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M.
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Prefects Apostolic of Portuguese Guinea (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. João Ferreira, O.F.M.
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Fr. Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa, O.F.M.
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Ecclesiastical Superiors of Portuguese Guinea (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa, O.F.M. (see above) | ||||||||||
Fr. Giuseppe Ribeiro de Magalhaes, O.F.M.
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Area: 11,495 km²
Population: 180,965 Catholics (15.7% of 1,154,610 total) (2021)
Statistics: 28 parishes, 3 missions, 75 priests (16 diocesan, 59 religious), 223 religious (80 brothers, 143 sisters), 12 seminarians (2021)
Last updated on 2023.09.03
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