Archdiocese of Bangui
| Archdiocese of Bangui | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Central African Republic |
| Diocesan bishop | Dieudonné Cardinal Nzapalainga CSSp |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Joachim N'Dayen Paulin Pomodimo |
| founding | 1909 |
| surface | 35,066 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 964.105 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 224.071 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 23.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 42 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 34 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,948 |
| Friars | 46 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 108 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
French sango |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée Conception |
| Website | https://pastoralebangui.wordpress.com/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Alindao Diocese of Bambari Diocese of Bangassou Diocese of Berbérati Diocese of Bossangoa Diocese of Bouar Diocese of Kaga-Bandoro Diocese of Mbaïki |
The Archdiocese of Bangui ( Latin Archidioecesis Banguensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Bangui in the Central African Republic . It includes the prefecture of Ombella-Mpoko and the special status city of Bangui.
history
Pope Pius X. founded the Apostolic Prefecture Oubangui-Chari on May 8, 1909 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo. With the Apostolic Constitution Si christiana res she was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate on December 2, 1937.
On May 28, 1940, it was named the Apostolic Vicariate Bangui . With the Papal Bull Dum tantis on September 14, 1955 it was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archbishopric .
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- May 28, 1940 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Berbérati ;
- June 14, 1954 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Bangassou ;
- December 18, 1965 to the diocese of Bambari ;
- June 10, 1995 to the diocese of Mbaïki ;
- June 28, 1997 to the diocese of Kaga-Bandoro .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Oubangui-Chari
- Pietro Cotel CSSp , 1909-1915
- Giovanni Calloch CSSp, 1915-1927
- Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin CSSp, May 2, 1928–2. December 1937
Vicar Apostolic of Oubangui-Chari
- Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin CSSp, December 2, 1937-28. May 1940
Vicars Apostolic of Bangui
- Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin CSSp, May 28, 1940–4. August 1947
- Joseph Cucherousset CSSp, April 9, 1948-14. September 1955
Archbishops of Bangui
- Joseph Cucherousset CSSp, September 14, 1955-16. September 1970
- Joachim N'Dayen , September 16, 1970-26. July 2003
-
Paulin Pomodimo , July 26, 2003–26. May 2009
- Dieudonné Nzapalainga CSSp, May 26, 2009-14. May 2012 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga CSSp, since May 14, 2012
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1950 | 35,000 | 665,000 | 5.3 | 44 | 2 | 42 | 795 | 50 | 28 | 463 | |
| 1959 | 79,748 | 480,000 | 16.6 | 57 | 4th | 53 | 1,399 | 66 | 85 | ||
| 1969 | 131,805 | 650,000 | 20.3 | 76 | 15th | 61 | 1,734 | 82 | 143 | 30th | |
| 1978 | 161,662 | 708.978 | 22.8 | 61 | 11 | 50 | 2,650 | 69 | 106 | 29 | |
| 1990 | 240.317 | 769,000 | 31.3 | 68 | 18th | 50 | 3,534 | 1 | 74 | 96 | 32 |
| 1999 | 203,322 | 809.713 | 25.1 | 66 | 27 | 39 | 3,080 | 61 | 125 | 22nd | |
| 2000 | 208,438 | 829.955 | 25.1 | 66 | 28 | 38 | 3.158 | 56 | 144 | 25th | |
| 2001 | 214,858 | 850.703 | 25.3 | 70 | 32 | 38 | 3,069 | 55 | 119 | 25th | |
| 2002 | 214,858 | 871.970 | 24.6 | 70 | 35 | 35 | 3,069 | 52 | 119 | 25th | |
| 2003 | 166.135 | 893.970 | 18.6 | 70 | 42 | 28 | 2,373 | 45 | 125 | 25th | |
| 2004 | 201.131 | 916,462 | 21.9 | 74 | 40 | 34 | 2,717 | 45 | 104 | 25th | |
| 2006 | 224.071 | 964.105 | 23.2 | 76 | 42 | 34 | 2,948 | 46 | 108 | 25th | |