Diocese of Dapaong, Togo

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Dapaong / Dapaongan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lomé

1960.03.01: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Dapango (from Diocese of Sokodé)
1965.07.06: Promoted as Diocese of Dapango (became suffragan of Lomé)
1990.12.03: Renamed as Diocese of Dapaong / Dapaongan(us) (Latin)

Bishop (2016.11.15 – ...):

Bishop Dominique Banlène Guigbile (61)

Bishops of Dapaong (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dominique Banlène Guigbile (61)
(2016.11.15 – ...)

Bishop of Dapaong (Togo)

Priest of Dapaong (Togo) (1992.12.30 – 2016.11.15)

Bishop of Dapaong (Togo) (2016.11.15 – ...)

Bishop Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda (77)
(1990.12.03 – 2016.11.15)

Bishop emeritus of Dapaong (Togo)

Bishop of Dapaong (Togo) (1990.12.03 – 2016.11.15)

Bishops of Dapango (Roman Rite)

Bishop Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph Hanrion, O.F.M.
(1965.07.06 – 1984.09.18)

Prefect Apostolic of Dapango (Togo) (1960.03.29 – 1965.07.06)

Bishop of Dapango (Togo) (1965.07.06 – 1984.09.18)

Prefects Apostolic of Dapango (Roman Rite)

Fr. Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph Hanrion, O.F.M. (later Bishop)
(1960.03.29 – 1965.07.06)

(see above)

Area: 8,534 km²

Population: 119,346 Catholics (12.8% of 933,228 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes

Personnel: 70 priests (41 diocesan, 29 religious), 127 religious (54 brothers, 73 sisters), 25 seminarians