Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenema

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kenema (Latin: Kenemaën(sis)) is a diocese Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of Freetown in Sierra Leone. The region that the Diocese comprises are the border from Bo District to the west, the Republic of Liberia in the southeast, Tonkolili District and Kono District in the north, Guinea in the east.

Diocese of Kenema Dioecesis Kenemaensis
Location
Country	Sierra Leone
Metropolitan	Freetown and Bo
Statistics
Area	15,710 km2 (6,070 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,248,080 21,375 (1.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Henry Aruna
Map

It was established on 11 November 1970, with its territory being split off from the diocese of Freetown and Bo. The cathedral parish for the diocese is the St. Paul's Cathedral in Kenema.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Bishops of Kenema (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Joseph Henry Ganda (1970-11-11 – 1980-09-04), appointed Archbishop of Freetown and Bo
  • Bishop John C. O'Riordan, C.S.Sp., COR (1984-06-04 – 2002-04-26)
  • Bishop Patrick Daniel Koroma (2002-04-26 - 2018-12-14)
  • Bishop Henry Aruna (2019.01.26 -)

Auxiliary Bishop

• Henry Aruna (2015-2019), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Edward Tamba Charles, appointed Archbishop of Freetown and Bo in 2008

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Sierra Leone
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy