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Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone

Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone
AbbreviationITCABIC
Formation1966
TypeNGO
Legal statusCivil nonprofit
HeadquartersSantanno House, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Region served
Sierra Leone and Gambia
Membership
Active and retired Catholic bishops of the Sierra Leone and Gambia
President
Patrick Daniel Koroma
Main organ
Conference
Websitewww.catholicchurchsl.org

The Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone (ITCABIC) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

The current president is The Most Reverend Patrick Daniel Koroma, Bishop of Kenema

History

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Founded in 1971, it originally included the Bishops of Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Liberia. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Liberia was established in 1998. Today, the Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone consists of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter) in Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

Caritas Sierra Leone

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Established in 1981, Caritas Sierra Leone was formed by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Sierra Leone for the purpose of serving as the relief and development branch of the Catholic Church in Sierra Leone.

Caritas Sierra Leone was active during the Sierra Leone Civil War providing shelter, nourishment, trauma counselling and advocacy for child soldiers.

In post war Sierra Leone, Caritas participated in peace building actions but has also worked with humanitarian relief, youth empowerment, gender equality, poverty eradication and HIV/AIDS prevention.

Regions

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The dioceses of the Sierra Leone and The Gambia are grouped into 5 regions: and the Metropolitan Freetown, Bo, Kenema, Makeni and Banjul.

Presidents of the Bishops' Conference

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† = deceased

See also

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