Mission

A Diocese united in its work for propagating the Catholic faith, doctrines and values while meeting the spiritual and physical needs of its flock in the counties of Bong, Lofa and Nimba.

Vision

The Catholic Diocese of Gbarnga seeks to establish the kingdom of God through which she aspires to save souls for Jesus Christ

Background

The Catholic Diocese of Gbarnga is a religious organization, which came in existence since 1987 when it was detached from the Archdiocese of Monrovia with Bishop Benedict Dotu Sekey appointed as the First Bishop. He was ordained in Rome by Pope John Paul II on the 6th of January 1987. Bishop Sekey died suddenly in December 2000, and Msgr. Lewis Zeigler was elected as Diocesan Administrator. In May 2002 he was appointed the second Bishop of Gbarnga and Ordained the following November.

In July 2009 Bishop Zeigler was appointed as Coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Monrovia with the title of Archbishop. Following his transfer Fr. Chris Brennan, SMA was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Gbarnga and on the 21 of March 2011 the announcement of Reverend Father Anthony Fallah Borwah as the Third Bishop of Gbarnga was made in Rome and the at the Holy Spirit Cathedral, Gbarnga. He was ordained on 11 June 2011.   

The Catholic Diocese of Gbarnga situated in the north-central region of the Republic of Liberia. It covers Bong, Lofa and Nimba Counties. The diocese has 17 parishes and more than 200 outstations. The three counties of the diocese which form the diocese consist of 32,000 km/s. The first mission station was opened in Saclepea in 1927 with Bahn following shortly after. Sanniquellie and Gbarnga were established in the early 1930s. Voinjama was established in the mid-1950s, with Yekepa, Tappita, and Ganta being opened in the 1960s.

The mission of the diocese, as a religious institution, is to propagate the Catholic faith. As a faith-based agency for development, the diocese endeavours to compassionately alleviate human suffering and pain by addressing underlying causes of poverty through the provision of humanitarian and developmental services to the entire society. The diocese is a non – profit making organization with elaborate program departments that envisions effective community participation in coordinated and sustainable development activities.

Core Values

• Timeliness 
• Service to God and Country
• Charity
• Enlightenment
• Caring

Background of the Catholic Education Secretariat (CES) Gbarnga

The Office of the Education Secretariat of the Diocese of Gbarnga was reactivated immediately after the appointment and ordination of Most Rev. Dr. Anthony Fallah Borwah as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Gbarnga in June 11, 2011.

With the appointments of an Education Secretary (Mr. Robert G. Maller) and (Mr. Domenic Jusu Carr, Sr.) as Religious Education Coordinator in July and August 2011, the mission of this department of education which was to reactivate, unified and bring back the Old Catholic School System in the diocese started with an assessment.

Upon the completion of our assessment visits in September, 2011 in all of the Catholic Schools in the diocese, the following were observed:

That the Diocese has 19 schools:

• Six (6) High schools
• Five (5) Junior High Schools
• Eight (8) Elementary Schools

Achievements

At present we have 25 schools in operation:

• Seven (7) High schools
• Four (4) Junior High Schools
• Eight (8) Elementary Schools
• Six (6) Preparatory Schools

ü  We have broken the idea of separating the school from the church and now become one family.

ü  We have unified the schools’ regulations by having one Diocesan Education Policy and a Student Hand book.

ü  We have improved most of our schools, by providing conducive learning atmosphere through renovations, providing instructional materials and have standardized the payment system of our teachers.

ü  We are providing professional upgrading of our teachers every year.

ü  We are now doing vigorous classroom inspections of instruction methods.

ü  We are also working in line with the mandate of the Catholic Bishops conference of Liberia through a Unified group called (NACES)

Despite all of these efforts, we still need to do more for the betterment of our education system.