Diocese of Makeni Dioecesis Makenensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Sierra Leone |
| Metropolitan | North and North-West Province |
| Headquarters | Makeni City |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 36,075 km2 (13,929 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,800,000 38,000 (2.1%) |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of Fatima, Makeni |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Bishop Natale Paganelli |
| Vicar General | Bob John H. Koroma |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Makeni (Latin: Makenen(sis)) is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Freetown in Sierra Leone. The cathedral is the Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral in Makeni.[1]
In 2012 a majority of priests in the diocese disagreed with the appointment of bishop Henry Aruna, after which sede vacante was declared in April 2012.[2]
- ^ "Sierra Leone: Makeni Catholics defy Pope Benedict XVI | WADR". wadr.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09.
- ^ Makeni: Bishop Aruna Crisis Persists, The Patriotic Vanguard, 9 January 2013