Roman Catholicism in Sierra Leone

Roman Catholicism in Sierra Leone





High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Church in Sierra Leone is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are approximately 175,000 Catholics in Sierra Leone - around 3% of the total population. The country is divided into three dioceses including one archdiocese. Roman Catholic missionaries were active in the coastal regions of Sierra Leone from the early sixteenth century although only a few people converted to Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese Freetown and Bo (Archidioecesis Liberae Urbis et Boensis) in Sierra Leone was elevated from a diocese on November 11, 1970. On 22 March 2007 Joseph Henry Ganda retired as archbishop of the Archdiocese after 26 years in the post.









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