Archdiocese of Owando
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Archdiocese of Owando
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| Country | Republic of the Congo |
| Diocesan bishop | Victor Abagna Mossa |
| founding | 1950 |
| surface | 75,450 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (May 30, 2020) |
| Residents | 464,200 (May 30, 2020) |
| Catholics | 338,000 (May 30, 2020) |
| proportion of | 72.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 59 (May 30, 2020) |
| Religious priest | 5 (May 30, 2020) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,281 |
| Friars | 24 (May 30, 2020) |
| Religious sisters | 30 (May 30, 2020) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Firmin |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Impfondo Diocese of Ouesso |
The Archdiocese of Owando ( Latin Archidioecesis Ouandoensis , French archidiocèse d'Owando ) is in the Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Owando .
history
The diocese of Owando was on December 21, 1950 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Brazzaville as the Apostolic Vicariate Fort-Rousset . On September 14, 1955, the Vicariate Apostolic Fort-Rousset was by Pius XII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Dum tantis and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Brazzaville as a suffragan . The diocese of Fort-Rousset was renamed on December 3, 1977 in the Diocese of Owando . The diocese of Owando gave on June 6, 1983 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Ouesso . It lost part of its territory on February 22, 2013 in favor of the establishment of the Gamboma diocese .
Pope Francis raised the diocese of Owando to the rank of archbishopric and metropolitan seat on May 30, 2020 with the suffragan dioceses Impfondo and Ouesso .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Fort-Rousset
- Emile-Elie Verhille CSSp , 1951–1955
Bishops of Fort-Rousset
- Emile-Elie Verhille CSSp, 1955–1968
- Georges-Firmin Singha , 1972-1977
Bishops of Owando
- Georges-Firmin Singha, 1977–1988, then Bishop of Pointe-Noire
- Ernest Kombo SJ , 1990-2008
- Victor Abagna Mossa , 2011–2020
Archbishops of Owando
- Victor Abagna Mossa, since 2020
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 | |||
| 1970 | 71,764 | 290.278 | 24.7 | 31 | 10 | 21st | 2,314 | 25th | 18th | ||
| 1980 | 77,067 | 271,000 | 28.4 | 26th | 9 | 17th | 2,964 | 22nd | 38 | 14th | |
| 1987 | 71,457 | 246.127 | 29.0 | 23 | 14th | 9 | 3,106 | 11 | 32 | 14th | |
| 1999 | 230,700 | 525,000 | 43.9 | 26th | 19th | 7th | 8,873 | 20th | 40 | 23 | |
| 2000 | 250,600 | 525,000 | 47.7 | 30th | 21st | 9 | 8,353 | 24 | 38 | 24 | |
| 2001 | 135,000 | 243,946 | 55.3 | 51 | 42 | 9 | 2,647 | 19th | 37 | 19th | |
| 2002 | 250,600 | 525,000 | 47.7 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7,831 | 16 | 38 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 320,750 | 525,000 | 61.1 | 35 | 26th | 9 | 9,164 | 16 | 44 | 24 | |
| 2004 | 250,756 | 525,000 | 47.8 | 38 | 32 | 6th | 6,598 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 24 |
| 2013 | 290,000 | 400,000 | 72.5 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 7,837 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 15th |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Owando on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Owando on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Owando (Repubblica del Congo) e del primo nouns Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 30, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 (Italian).
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Dum tantis , AAS 48 (1956), n.3, p. 113ff.