Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo

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Archdiocese of Malabo

Archidioecesis Malaboensis

Arquidiócesis de Malabo
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Location
Country Equatorial Guinea
Ecclesiastical province Malabo
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established10 October 1855
Cathedral Santa Isabel Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé
Bishops emeritus Ildefonso Obama Obono

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.

Contents

History

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic

  1. Armengol Coll y Armengol, CMF (August 1890 – 21 April 1918)
  2. Nicolás González y Pérez, CMF (24 August 1918 – 23 March 1935)
  3. Leoncio Fernández Galilea, CMF (18 June 1935 – 15 February 1957)
  4. Francisco Gómez Marijuán, CMF (14 November 1957 – 3 May 1966)

Bishops and Archbishops of Malabo

  1. Francisco Gómez Marijuán, CMF (3 May 1966 – 9 May 1974)
  2. Vicente Bernikon (9 May 1974 – 14 September 1976)
  3. Rafael María Nze Abuy, CMF (21 October 1982 – 7 July 1991)
  4. Ildefonso Obama Obono (9 July 1991 – 11 February 2015)
  5. Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé (11 February 2015 – )

Suffragan dioceses

Note: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Evinayong and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mongomo were established as new suffragan sees (dioceses) of the Malabo Archdiocese Province by Pope Francis on April 1, 2017 [1]

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References

  1. "Rinunce e nomine".

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