Diocese of Mouila
| Diocese of Mouila | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Gabon |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Libreville |
| Diocesan bishop | Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Dominique Bonnet CSSp |
| Vicar General | Félicien Bakita Moulili |
| founding | 1958 |
| surface | 59,035 km² |
| Parishes | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 117,700 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 45,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 38.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,647 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Jean-l'Apôtre |
The Bistum Mouila ( lat. : Dioecesis Muilaensis ) is in Gabon preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Mouila .
history
The diocese of Mouila was on December 11, 1958 by Pope John XXIII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Cum sit omnis from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Libreville and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On October 5, 1974, the diocese of Mouila gave parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Franceville .
Bishops of Mouila
- Raymond-Marie-Joseph de La Moureyre CSSp , 1959-1976
- Cyriaque Siméon Obamba , 1976-1992
- Dominique Bonnet CSSp, 1996-2013
- Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan , since 2013
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Cum sit omnis , AAS 51 (1959), n.4, p. 410ff.