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Diocese of Ebebiyin
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ebibeyín (Latin: Ebibeyinen(sis); officially, the Diocese "Virgin of Begoña, Mother of Christ" of Ebibeyín)[1] is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Equatorial Guinea) of Malabo, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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Its cathedral episcopal see is located in the city of Ebibeyin, Kié-Ntem province, Región Continental.
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Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 158,000 Catholics (69.0% of 229,140 total) on 3,943 km2 in 11 parishes with 25 priests (19 diocesan, 6 religious), 40 lay religious (12 brothers, 28 sisters) and 19 seminarians.
Shortly before the 2017 loss of daughter Mongomo, it had an area of 12,000 square miles, a total population of 204,000, a Catholic population of 164,000, 33 priests and 89 religious.
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History
- Established on October 15, 1982 as Diocese of Ebibeyín, on territory split off from the Diocese of Bata.
- Lost territory on 2017.04.01 to establish the Diocese of Mongomo (in the same ecclesiastical province).
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Ebibeyín
- Apostolic Administrator Father Ildefonso Obama Obono Ildefonso Obama Obono (1982.10.15 – 1991.07.09 see below), previously Apostolic Administrator of Bata (Equatorial Guinea) (1971 – 1975)
- Juan Matogo Oyana, Claretians (C.M.F.) (1991.10.11 – 2002.05.11 see below), next Bishop of Bata (Equatorial Guinea) (2002.05.11 – ...)
- Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. (2003.03.08 – 2006.08.27)
- Apostolic Administrator Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F. (see above 2006.08.30 – 2011.02.19)
- Juan Nsue Edjang Maye (2011.02.19 - 2015.02.11), born in Mikomeseng (Kie Ntem province) in 1957, ordained a priest in 1995, until then pastor of the parishes of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Help on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea; next Metropolitan Archbishop of Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) (2015.02.11 – ...)
- Miguel Angel Nguema Bee, Salesians (S.D.B.) (2017.04.01 – ...), no previous prelature.
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