The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui (Latin: Archidioecesis Banguensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic.
Archdiocese of Bangui Archidioecesis Banguensis Archidiocèse de Bangui | |
|---|---|
| Bishopric | |
Cathédrale Notre-Dame | |
| Location | |
| Country | Central African Republic |
| Coordinates | 4°22′14″N 18°34′47″E / 4.3706°N 18.5797°E |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Dieudonné Nzapalainga |
| Bishops emeritus | Paulin Pomodimo |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| pastoralebangui | |
History
- 8 May 1909: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui-Chari from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo
- 2 December 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Oubangui Chari
- 28 May 1940: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui
- 14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame in Bangui.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Prefects Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Roman rite)
- Fr. Pietro Cotel, C.S.Sp. 1909–1915
- Fr. Giovanni Calloch, C.S.Sp. 1915–1927
- Fr. Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. 2 May 1928 – 2 December 1937; see below
- Vicars Apostolic of Bangui (Roman rite)
- Bishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. 2 December 1937 – 4 August 1947; see above
- Bishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. 9 April 1948 – 14 September 1955; see below
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Bangui (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. 14 September 1955 – 16 September 1970; see above
- Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen 16 September 1970 – 26 July 2003
- Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo 26 July 2003 – 26 May 2009 (resigned)
- Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. 14 May 2012–present; elevated to Cardinal in 2016
Coadjutor archbishop
- Joachim N’Dayen (1968–1970)
Auxiliary bishop
- Edouard Mathos (1991–2004), appointed Bishop of Bambari
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- François-Xavier Yombandje, appointed Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro in 1997
Suffragan dioceses
- Alindao
- Bambari
- Bangassou
- Berbérati
- Bossangoa
- Bouar
- Kaga–Bandoro
- Mbaïki
See also
- Roman Catholicism in the Central African Republic
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Central African Republic
Sources
- GCatholic.org
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