Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.
History
* June 4, 1886: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo from the Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda in Angola and the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon
* October 14, 1890: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo
* June 14, 1922: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Brazzaville
* September 14, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville
pecial Churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur in Brazzaville.
Leadership
* Metropolitan Archbishops of Brazzaville (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Anatole Milandou since 2001.01.23
** Archbishop Barthélémy Batantu 1978.11.15 – 2001.01.23
** Cardinal Emile Biayenda 1971.06.14 – 1977.03.23
** Archbishop Théophile Mbemba 1964.05.23 – 1971.06.14
**Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. 1955.09.14 – 1964.05.02
* Vicars Apostolic of Brazzaville (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. 1954.07.18 – 1955.09.14
** Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. 1936.01.27 – 1954
** Bishop Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp. 1922.06.12 – 1936.04.27
* Vicars Apostolic of Upper French Congo (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp. 1890.10.14 – 1921.10.03
* Vicars Apostolic of French Congo (Roman rite)
**Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. 1886.06.08 – 1890.10.14
uffragan Diocese
* Kinkala
* Nkayi
* Ouesso
* Owando
* Pointe-Noire
ee also
* Roman Catholicism in the Republic of the Congo
* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/braz0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
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