Archdiocese of Brazzaville

Archdiocese of Brazzaville
Basic data
Country	Republic of the Congo
Diocesan bishop	Anatole Milandou
Coadjutor	Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou (appointed)
Vicar General	Léonard Milongo
founding	1886
surface	14,450 km²
Parishes	47 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Residents	1,031,620 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Catholics	587,385 (2018 / AP 2019 )
proportion of	56.9%
Diocesan priest	103 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Religious priest	63 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Catholics per priest	3,538
Friars	162 (2018 / AP 2019 )
Religious sisters	297 (2018 / AP 2019 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	French
cathedral	Sacré-Coeur
Website	www.biayenda.lautre.net
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Gamboma Diocese of Kinkala
Ecclesiastical province

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville ( Latin Archidioecesis Brazzapolitana , French archidiocèse de Brazzaville ) is in the Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Brazzaville . It includes regions of the capital district of Brazzaville and the district of Ngaba in the department of Pool .

The ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville extends in addition to the Archdiocese of Brazzaville over the dioceses of Gamboma and Kinkala .

history

On June 4, 1886, a Vicariate Apostolic was established in Central Congo (part of the French colony of French Equatorial Africa ) . On October 14, 1890, it split into the Apostolic Vicariates of the Upper and Lower Congo. On June 14, 1922, the Apostolic Vicariate of the Upper Congo was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Brazzaville .

On September 14, 1955, the Vicariate Apostolic was elevated to the status of archdiocese.

As part of the reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces, the dioceses of Pointe-Noire , Dolisie , Nkayi , Owando , Impfondo and Ouesso, previously subordinate to the Archdiocese of Brazzaville as suffragans, were spun off from the ecclesiastical province on May 30, 2020.

Bishops

• Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie CSSp (June 8, 1886– October 14, 1890)
• Philippe-Prosper Augouard CSSp (October 14, 1890– October 3, 1921)
• Firmin-Jules Guichard CSSp (June 12, 1922– April 27, 1936)
• Paul Joseph Biéchy CSSp (January 27, 1936–1954)
• Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard CSSp (July 18, 1954– May 2, 1964)
• Théophile Mbemba (May 23, 1964– June 14, 1971)
• Emile Biayenda (June 14, 1971– March 23, 1977)
• Barthélémy Batantu (November 15, 1978– January 23, 2001)
• Anatole Milandou (since January 23, 2001)

Important church buildings

• Sacre Coeur Cathedral in Brazzaville
• St. Anne's Basilica in Brazzaville

statistics

year	population			priest				Permanent deacons	Religious		Parishes
	Catholics	Residents	%	Total number	Diocesan priest	Religious priest	Catholics per priest		Friars	Religious sisters
1950	107,888	400,000	27.0	58	7th	51	1,860		73	47	16
1959	106.267	245,000	43.4	69	15th	54	1,540		74	85	17th
1964	160,756	360,000	44.7	77	26th	51	2,087		67	98	24
1980	370,000	610,000	60.7	70	20th	50	5,285	2	26th	77	31
1990	322.912	840.535	38.4	63	25th	38	5.125		108	132	35
1997	588.138	1,388,138	42.4	102	62	40	5,766		84	74	30th
2000	587.065	1,387,065	42.3	82	54	28	7.159		72	74	32
2004	418,647	719.950	58.1	85	51	34	4,925		105	88	35
2006	431.225	758,000	56.9	104	63	41	4.146		105	240	40
2012	505,000	886,000	57.0	146	98	48	3,458		184	304	45
2018	587,385	1,031,620	56.9	166	103	63	3,538		162	297	47

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

• Entry on the Archdiocese of Brazzaville on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
• Entry on Archdiocese of Brazzaville on gcatholic.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ erezione della Provincia di Ecclesiastica Pointe-Noire (Repubblica del Congo) e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 30, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 (Italian). 
2. ↑ erezione della Provincia di Ecclesiastica Owando (Repubblica del Congo) e nomina del primo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 30, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 (Italian).