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


The Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the Sierra Leone and The Gambia.
The current president is The Most Reverend Patrick Daniel Koroma, Bishop of Kenema

History

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 in Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

Caritas Sierra Leone

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

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

† = deceased