Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville

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Archdiocese of Brazzaville

Archidioecesis Brazzapolitana
Location
CountryFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo
Ecclesiastical province Brazzaville
Statistics
Area14,450 km2 (5,580 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
758,000
431,225 (56.9%)
Parishes40
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established4 June 1886 (138 years ago)
CathedralCathédrale Sacré-Coeur
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Anatole Milandou
Coadjutor Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, elect

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville (Latin : Archidioecesis Brazzapolitana) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.

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History

On 4 June 1886, Pope Leo XIII established the Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo from the Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda in Angola and the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon. It was renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo on 14 October 1890, and again on 14 June 1922 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Brazzaville. It lost territory in 1950 when the Apostolic Vicariate of Fort-Rousset was established. Pope Pius XII promoted the vicariate to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville on 14 September 1955. It lost territory again in 1987 when the Diocese of Kinkala was established. [1] [2]

On 30 May 2020, the dioceses of Owando and Pointe-Noire were raised to metropolitan archdioceses, and consequently the province of Brazzaville was split into 3 provinces.

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur in Brazzaville, founded in 1887 by Monseigneur Augouard.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor archbishops

Auxiliary bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Suffragan Dioceses

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of Brazzaville". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 18.04.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

Bibliography

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