Archdiocese of Monrovia
| Archdiocese of Monrovia | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Liberia |
| Diocesan bishop | Lewis Zeigler |
| founding | 1903 |
| surface | 15,971 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,184,849 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 143,193 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 6.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,047 |
| Friars | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Cape Palmas Diocese of Gbarnga |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monrovia ( Latin Archidioecesis Monroviensis , English Archdiocese of Monrovia ) is an in Liberia situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Monrovia .
history
The Archdiocese of Monrovia was on April 18, 1903 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone as the Apostolic Prefecture of Liberia . The Apostolic Prefecture of Liberia was founded on April 9, 1934 by Pius XI. with the Apostolic Constitution Quae magis christiano raised to the Apostolic Vicariate . On February 2, 1950, the Vicariate Apostolic Liberia gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Cape Palmas . The Apostolic Vicariate of Liberia was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Monrovia on February 2, 1950 .
On December 19, 1981, the Apostolic Vicariate Monrovia was raised to an archbishopric by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Patet Ecclesiae . The Archdiocese of Monrovia gave up on November 17, 1986 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Gbarnga .
The diocese of Cape Palmas has repeatedly been directly involved in the effects of the military coup, dictatorship and civil war.
In August 2014, Archbishop Lewis Zeigler signed an interdenominational declaration holding homosexuality responsible for the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa ; he was thus the highest-ranking Roman Catholic dignitary among the signatories.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Liberia
- Jean Ogé SMA (1911-1931)
- John Collins SMA (1932-1934)
Vicars Apostolic of Liberia
- John Collins SMA (1934-1950)
Vicars Apostolic of Monrovia
- John Collins SMA (1950-1960)
- Francis Carroll SMA (1960-1976)
- Michael Kpakala Francis (1976-1981)
Archbishops of Monrovia
- Michael Kpakala Francis (1981-2011)
- Lewis Zeigler (since 2011)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Monrovia on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry for Archdiocese of Monrovia on gcatholic.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Quae magis christiano , AAS 27 (1935), n.8, p. 250f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Patet Ecclesiae , AAS 74 (1982), n.4, p. 375f.
- ↑ Hans-Peter Hecking: Even one year after the abdication of the dictator Charles Taylor, people are still fighting for survival ( Memento from April 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), missio 2004
- ↑ Churches: Homosexuality to blame for Ebola. queer.de from August 8, 2014