Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebebiyín
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebibeyín (Latin: Ebibeyinen(sis); officially, the Diocese "Virgin of Begoña, Mother of Christ" of Ebibeyín)[1] is a diocese in the Ecclesiastical province (covering all Equatorial Guinea) of Malabo, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral episcopal see is located in the city of Ebibeyin, Kié-Ntem province, Región Continental.
Statistics[]
As per 2014, it pastorally served 158,000 Catholics (69.0% of 229,140 total) on 3,943 km2 in 11 parishes with 25 priests (19 diocesan, 6 religious), 40 lay religious (12 brothers, 28 sisters) and 19 seminarians.
Shortly before the 2017 loss of daughter Mongomo, it had an area of 12,000 square miles, a total population of 204,000, a Catholic population of 164,000, 33 priests and 89 religious.
History[]
- Established on October 15, 1982 as Diocese of Ebibeyín, on territory split off from the Diocese of Bata.
- Lost territory on 2017.04.01 to establish the Diocese of Mongomo (in the same ecclesiastical province).
Episcopal ordinaries[]
(all Roman rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Ebibeyín
- Apostolic Administrator Father Ildefonso Obama Obono (1982.10.15 – 1991.07.09 see below), previously Apostolic Administrator of Bata (Equatorial Guinea) (1971 – 1975)
- , Claretians (C.M.F.) (1991.10.11 – 2002.05.11 see below), next Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea) (2002.05.11 – ...)
- , C.M.F. (2003.03.08 – 2006.08.27)
- Apostolic Administrator Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F. (see above 2006.08.30 – 2011.02.19)
- (2011.02.19 - 2015.02.11), born in Mikomeseng (Kie Ntem province) in 1957, ordained a priest in 1995, until then pastor of the parishes of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Help on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea; next Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (2015.02.11 – ...)
- , Salesians (S.D.B.) (2017.04.01 – ...), no previous prelature.
See also[]
- List of Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea
- Roman Catholicism in Equatorial Guinea
References[]
- ^ "Official website". Diócesis "Virgen de Begoña, Madre de Cristo" Ebibeyin – Guinea Ecuatorial (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2020.
External links[]
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea
- Christian organizations established in 1982
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
- 1982 establishments in Equatorial Guinea
- Ebibeyin