Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Apostolic vicariates

Ziguinchor, Apostolic Vicariate of

ZIGUINCHOR, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI

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ZIGUINCHOR, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - It is located in the region of Senegal that lies between Portuguese Guinea and the Gambia.

It consists of a long strip of land, partly crossed by the Casamance River. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture on 25 April 1939 and elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 10 July 1952, detaching its territory from the apostolic prefecture of St. Louis of Senegal. It is entrusted to the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. It has an area of 45,565 sq km with 325,000 inhabitants, of whom 21,646 are Catholics, 685 catechumens, 208,000 Muslims and 94,271 pagans. Missionaries 21, brothers 7, sisters 13, catechists 135. Nearly 2 parishes, 5 principal stations, 120 secondary stations, 16 elementary schools.

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BIBL.: AAS. 31 (1939), pp. 336-37; MC, 1950; Archivio della S. Congr. de Prop. Fide, pos. prot. n. 4715/51.

Saverio Paventi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1798.

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Paventi, Saverio. “Ziguinchor, vicariato apostolico di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1798. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/ziguinchor-vicariato-apostolico-di.

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Paventi, Saverio. “Ziguinchor, vicariato apostolico di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1798. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ziguinchor-vicariato-apostolico-di.

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  author    = {Paventi, Saverio},
  title     = {Ziguinchor, vicariato apostolico di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1798},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ziguinchor-vicariato-apostolico-di}
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