roman, catholic, diocese, sokodé, latin, sokoden, diocese, located, city, sokodé, ecclesiastical, province, lomé, togo, diocese, sokodédioecesis, sokodensislocationcountrytogometropolitanloméstatisticsarea12, population, total, catholics, 2014, 000153, informa. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokode Latin Sokoden sis is a diocese located in the city of Sokode in the Ecclesiastical province of Lome in Togo Diocese of SokodeDioecesis SokodensisLocationCountryTogoMetropolitanLomeStatisticsArea12 610 km2 4 870 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2014 1 136 000153 021 13 5 InformationRiteLatin RiteCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopCelestin Marie GaouaBishops emeritusAmbroise Kotamba Djoliba Contents 1 History 2 Special churches 3 Bishops 3 1 Ordinaries 3 2 Other priest of this diocese who became bishop 4 See also 5 SourcesHistory EditMay 18 1937 Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sokode from the Apostolic Vicariate of Togo September 14 1955 Promoted as Diocese of SokodeSpecial churches EditThe Cathedral is the Cathedrale Sainte Therese in Sokode Bishops EditOrdinaries Edit Prefects Apostolic of Sokode Roman rite Fr Joseph Paul Strebler S M A 1937 05 1945 11 08 appointed Vicar Apostolic of Lome future Archbishop Fr Jerome Theodore Lingenheim S M A 1946 06 07 1955 09 14 see below Bishops of Sokode Roman rite Bishop Jerome Theodore Lingenheim S M A see above 1955 09 14 1964 11 18 Bishop Chretien Matawo Bakpessi 1965 08 09 1992 04 27 Bishop Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba 1993 04 05 2016 01 03 Bishop Celestin Marie Gaoua 2016 01 03 Other priest of this diocese who became bishop Edit Jacques Danka Longa priest here 1992 1994 appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Kara in 2008See also EditRoman Catholicism in TogoSources EditGCatholic org Catholic HierarchyCoordinates 8 58 59 N 1 08 43 E 8 9831 N 1 1453 E 8 9831 1 1453 This Togo related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokode amp oldid 1138314863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
