Diocese of Sokodé, Togo 🇹🇬 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1937.05.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sokodé / Sokoden(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Togo)
- 1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Sokodé / Sokoden(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Lomé)
- 1960.03.01: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Dapango
- 1994.07.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kara
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2016.01.03 – ...): |  Bishop Célestin-Marie Bawilima Gaoua (67) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Sokodé (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Célestin-Marie Bawilima Gaoua (67) (2016.01.03 – ...)Bishop of Sokodé (Togo)Ad misericordiæ servitiumBorn:1957.04.06 (Wahala, Gabon)Ordained Priest:1986.12.27Consecrated Bishop:2016.03.05Priest of Kara (Togo) (1986.12.27 – 2016.01.03)Bishop of Sokodé (Togo) (2016.01.03 – ...) |
| Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba (1993.04.05 – 2016.01.03)Born:1938 (Siou, Togo)Ordained Priest:1966.04.11Consecrated Bishop:1993.08.07Died:2024.03.15 (Togo †85)Priest of Sokodé (Togo) (1966.04.11 – 1993.04.05)Bishop of Sokodé (Togo) (1993.04.05 – 2016.01.03)President of Episcopal Conference of Togo (2006 – 2012.06.21) |
| Bishop Chrétien Matawo Bakpessi (1965.08.09 – 1992.04.27)Born:1924 (Togo)Ordained Priest:1952.12.21Consecrated Bishop:1965.12.05Died:1992.04.27 (†67)Bishop of Sokodé (Togo) (1965.08.09 – 1992.04.27) |
| Bishop Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. (1955.09.14 – 1964.11.18)Born:1906.11.09 (France)Ordained Priest:1932.01.03Consecrated Bishop:1956.10.28Died:1985.05.03 (†78)Prefect Apostolic of Sokodé (Togo) (1946.06.07 – 1955.09.14)Bishop of Sokodé (Togo) (1955.09.14 – 1964.11.18)Titular Bishop of Thunudruma (1964.11.18 – 1985.05.03) |
| Prefects Apostolic of Sokodé (Roman Rite) |
| Fr. Jérôme-Théodore Lingenheim, S.M.A. (later Bishop) (1946.06.07 – 1955.09.14)(see above) |
| Fr. Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. (later Archbishop) (1937.05 – 1945.11.08)Born:1892.09.12 (France)Ordained Priest:1921.07.10Consecrated Bishop:1946.06.29Died:1984.03.12 (†91)Prefect Apostolic of Sokodé (Togo) (1937.05 – 1945.11.08)Titular Bishop of Curubis (1945.11.08 – 1955.09.14)Vicar Apostolic of Lomé (Togo) (1945.11.08 – 1955.09.14)Metropolitan Archbishop of Lomé (Togo) (1955.09.14 – 1961.06.16)Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro (1961.06.16 – 1971.06.11) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 12,610 km²
Population: 206,140 Catholics (12.0% of 1,720,500 total)
Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 87 missions
Personnel: 79 priests (59 diocesan, 20 religious), 130 religious (31 brothers, 99 sisters), 31 seminarians