Archdiocese of Brazzaville
Archdiocese of Brazzaville | |
Basic data | |
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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 | ||||||
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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
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Brazzaville on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Brazzaville on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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).