Diocese of Constantine–Hippo Regius
Constantinian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Constantine–Hippo Regius, Algeria
The Diocese of Constantine-Hippo Regius is a Latin Church diocese in northeastern Algeria, established on July 25, 1866 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Algiers. Pope Leo XIV appointed Michel Guillaud as bishop on July 11, 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1866
- Latin
- Constantinian(us)
- Patron
- Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Annuario code
- 001001204
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 650
- Population
- 14,922,315
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 4
- Catholics per priest
- 163
- Extent
- 110,522 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Bishop
- Michel Guillaud
- Born
- 24 June 1961
- Birthplace
- Villeurbanne
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
Basilica of Saint Augustine, Annaba stands in Constantine–Hippo Regius, 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 Algiers
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Algiers.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Alger–Iulia CaesareaAlger–Iulia Caesarea
- Diocese of LaghouatLaghouat
- Diocese of OranOran
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Algeria's ecclesiastical province of Algiers sits the Diocese of Constantine (-Hippone) (Latin: Dioecesis Constantinianus (-Hipponensis Regiorum); French: Diocèse de Constantine et Hippone), a Roman Catholic diocese.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.