Archdiocese of Algiers
| Archdiocese of Algiers | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Algeria |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Desfarges SJ |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Henri Teissier |
| founding | 1838 |
| surface | 54,927 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 11,266,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 1,500 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 6 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 30 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 42 |
| Friars | 37 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 63 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale du Sacré Coeur |
| Website | http://www.ada.asso.dz/articles.php?lng |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Constantine Oran Laghouat |
The in Algeria located Archdiocese of Algiers ( lat. : Archidioecesis algeriensis ) was on 10 August 1838 as the suffragan of the archdiocese of Aix -founded and already on 25 July 1866. Archdiocese collected: His suffragan dioceses are the dioceses Constantine , Laghouat and Oran .
The end of French colonial rule and the independence of Algeria in 1962 led to a profound restructuring in the archdiocese , as in the other dioceses of Algeria . Since the population of European descent almost completely emigrated, the number of Catholics sank drastically.
Bishops of Algiers
Bishops
- Antoine Dupuch (1838-1845)
- Louis Pavy (1846–1866)
Archbishops
- Charles Martial Lavigerie (1867-1892)
- Prosper Auguste Dusserre (1892-1897)
- Frédéric-Henri Oury (1898–1907)
- Barthélemy Clément Combes (1909-1917)
- Auguste-Fernand Leynaud (1917–1953)
- Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval (1954–1988)
- Henri Teissier (1988-2008)
- Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (2008-2015)
- Paul Desfarges SJ (since 2016)
