Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire

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Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire
Map of the Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire
Basic data
Country Republic of the Congo
Diocesan bishop Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz SDS
Emeritus diocesan bishop Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe
founding 1890
surface 14,644 km²
Parishes 35 (May 30, 2020)
Residents 1,622,400 (May 30, 2020)
Catholics 958,900 (May 30, 2020)
proportion of 59.1%
Diocesan priest 59 (May 30, 2020)
Religious priest 29 (May 30, 2020)
Catholics per priest 10,897
Friars 29 (May 30, 2020)
Religious sisters 59 (May 30, 2020)
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language French
cathedral Cathédrale Notre-Dame
Website http://diocese-pointe-noire-congo.org/
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Dolisie
Diocese of Nkayi

The Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire ( Latin Archidioecesis Nigrirostrensis , French archidiocèse de Pointe-Noire ) is in the Republic of Congo situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Pointe-Noire .

history

Pope Leo XIII. established the Apostolic Vicariate of Lower French Congo on October 14, 1890 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of the French Congo . On April 22, 1907 the Apostolic Vicariate of Lower French Congo was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Loango and on January 20, 1949 in the Apostolic Vicariate Pointe-Noire .

On September 14, 1955, the Vicariate Apostolic Pointe-Noire by Pope 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 Pointe-Noire gave up on December 5, 1983 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Nkayi .

Pope Francis elevated the diocese of Pointe-Noire to the rank of archbishopric and metropolitan seat on May 30, 2020 with the suffragan dioceses Dolisie and Nkayi .

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of the Lower French Congo

Vicars Apostolic of Loango

Vicars Apostolic of Pointe-Noire

  • Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret CSSp, 1949–1955

Bishops of Pointe-Noire

Archbishops of Pointe-Noire

  • Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz SDS, since 2020

statistics

year population priest Permanent deacons Religious Parishes
Catholics Residents % Total number Diocesan priest Religious priest Catholics per priest Friars Religious sisters
1950 3,598 70.274 5.1 42 8th 34 85 40 14th
1970 150.923 456,407 33.1 64 8th 56 2,358 72 50
1978 200,000 590,000 33.9 30th 7th 23 6,666 26th 45 20th
1990 190,000 400,000 47.5 18th 7th 11 10,555 13 21st 13
1997 373,658 700,000 53.4 44 33 11 8,492 30th 24 34
2000 389,000 728,000 53.4 40 24 16 9,725 24 27 55
2001 641,000 1,200,000 53.4 50 39 11 12,820 14th 38 45
2002 400,000 800,000 50.0 51 38 13 7,843 15th 45 43
2003 900,000 1,800,000 50.0 42 30th 12 21,428 13 40 34
2004 1,000,000 2,000,000 50.0 43 31 12 23,255 16 45 35

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Pointe Noire (Repubblica del Congo) e del primo nouns Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 30, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 (Italian).
  2. ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Dum tantis , AAS 48 (1956), n.3, p. 113ff.