The Diocese of Evinayong is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical jurisdiction or
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
. It is a
suffragan diocese
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in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
metropolitan
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Archdiocese of Malabo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.
History
* 1855.10.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands from the Apos ...
, yet depends on the missionary
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
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.
Its
cathedral
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is the Catedral de San José, dedicated to
Saint Joseph
Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers ...
, in the
episcopal see
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Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
of
Evinayong
Evinayong is a town lying atop a small mountain in southeastern Río Muni, central Equatorial Guinea.
It is the capital of the Centro Sur Province and the St. Joseph's cathedral is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Evinayong.
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, capital of
Centro Sur
Centro Sur (Spanish for "South-center") is a province of Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Evinayong.
Geography
Centro Sur borders Gabon's Estuaire Province in the southwest and Woleu-Ntem Province in the southeast, and Cameroon's South P ...
province, Región Continental.
History
Established in 2017.04.01 as Diocese of Evinayong (Spanish) / Evinayongen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the
Diocese of Bata (in the same ecclesiastical province).
Episcopal ordinaries
;''Bishops of Evinayong''
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Calixto Paulino Esono Abaga Obono (2017.04.01–Present)
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea
Sources and external links
GCatholic with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
Roman Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea
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