Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bamako

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Archdiocese of Bamako

Archidioecesis Bamakoënsis

Archidiocèse de Bamako
Bamako Cathedral.jpg
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bamako
Location
CountryFlag of Mali.svg  Mali
Ecclesiastical province Bamako
Statistics
Area32,908 sq mi (85,230 km2)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2016)
  • 4,650,549
  • 138,165 (3%)
Parishes10
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established1868;157 years ago (1868)
Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral
Secular priests 33
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Robert Cissé
Bishops emeritus Jean Zerbo
Website
www.eglisemali.org/archidiocese-de-bamako

The Archdiocese of Bamako is the Metropolitan Archdiocesan See for the ecclesiastical province which covers all and only Mali. It depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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The cathedral seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in national capital Bamako.

Statistics

As of 2022, it pastorally served 284,436 Catholics (4.9% of 5,836,797 total) on 85,000 km² in 10 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests (24 diocesan, 17 religious), 150 lay religious (35 brothers, 115 sisters).

History

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are the:

Bishops

Apostolic Prefect of Sahara and Sudan
Apostolic Vicars of Sahara and Sudan
Apostolic Vicars of French Sudan
Apostolic Vicars of Bamako
Archbishops of Bamako
Auxiliary Bishops

See also

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