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Diocese of Cape Palmas Dioecesis Capitis Palmensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Liberia |
| Metropolitan | Monrovia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 31,760 km2 (12,260 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 271,000 19,100 (7.0%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Andrew J. Karnley |
The Diocese of Cape Palmas (Latin : Dioecesis Capitis Palmensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Liberia. Its episcopal see is Cape Palmas. The Diocese of Cape Palmas is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monrovia.
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