The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mongomo is a Latin Catholic
suffragan bishopric in the
ecclesiastical province
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(covering all
Equatorial Guinea) of the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Malabo, yet depends on the missionary
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its
cathedral
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episcopal see is a
minor basilica
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, the Catedral Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción, dedicated to the
Immaculate Conception
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It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth w ...
, in
Mongomo
Mongomo is a town in the province of Wele-Nzas on mainland Equatorial Guinea, on the eastern border, roughly 1 km (0.62 mi) west of Gabon's Woleu-Ntem Province.
Religion
Its cathedral basilica of the Immaculate Conception is the e ...
,
Wele-Nzas
Wele-Nzas Province is a province in the eastern portion of continental Equatorial Guinea. Its capital is Mongomo. It borders the Equatoguinean provinces of Centro Sur to the west and Kié-Ntem to the north, with Gabon's Woleu-Ntem Province to ...
province, Región Continentale.
History
Established in 2017.04.01 as Diocese of Mongomo / Mongomen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the
Diocese of Ebebiyín (in the same ecclesiastical province).
Statistics
As per April 2017, it pastorally served 155,000 Catholics (97% of the population) in 11 parishes with 20 diocesan and 5 religious priests and 32 female religious.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all
Roman Rite)
[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mong2.htm GCatholic]
;''Suffragan Bishops of Mongomo''
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Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang,
Claretians
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(C.M.F.) (2017.04.01 – ...), no previous prelature.
See also
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List of Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic with Google map - data for all sections except statistics
Roman Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea
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