Archdiocese of Brazzaville
Brazzapolitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the capital of the Republic of the Congo, erected in 1886 as the Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo and promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville by Pope Pius XII on 14 September 1955. Its seat is the Cathedrale Sacre-Coeur in Brazzaville, and its suffragans include Gamboma and Kinkala. Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou took possession of the see on 21 November 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Brazzapolitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000949
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 431,225
- Population
- 758,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 56.9%
- Priests
- 192
- Catholics per priest
- 2,246
- Extent
- 14,450 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou
- Born
- 16 October 1964
- Birthplace
- Pool
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Sacre-Coeur stands in Brazzaville, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Brazzaville
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GambomaGamboma
- Diocese of KinkalaKinkala
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Brazzaville, in the Republic of the Congo, is the Metropolitan See of its own ecclesiastical province, governed as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville (Latin: Archidioecesis Brazzapolitana).
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.