Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville
Encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville is the Metropolitan
See
for the Ecclesiastical province
of Brazzaville
in the Republic of the Congo
.
Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
See
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...
for the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Brazzaville
Brazzaville
-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...
in the Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...
.
History
- June 4, 1886: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo from the Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda in AngolaAngolaAngola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
and the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in GabonGabonGabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west... - 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
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur in Brazzaville, founded in 1887 by Monseigneur Augouard.Leadership
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Brazzaville (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Anatole MilandouAnatole MilandouAnatole Milandou is the current archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.-Biography:...
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
- Archbishop Anatole Milandou
- 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
Suffragan Diocese
- Impfondo
- KinkalaRoman Catholic Diocese of KinkalaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Kinkala is a diocese located in the city of Kinkala in the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.-History:...
- Nkayi
- OuessoRoman Catholic Diocese of OuessoThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Ouesso is a diocese located in the city of Ouésso in the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. The current bishop is Yves Marie Monot, C.S.Sp.-History:...
- Owando
- Pointe-Noire
See also
- Roman Catholicism in the Republic of the CongoRoman Catholicism in the Republic of the CongoThe Roman Catholic Church in Congo is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome....
- List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo