Diocese of Mouila
Muilaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mouila, Gabon
The Diocese of Mouila is a Latin Church diocese in southern Gabon, established on 11 December 1958 from the Diocese of Libreville. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Libreville and has been led by Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan since 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1958
- Latin
- Muilaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002305
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 46,200
- Population
- 115,800
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 39.9%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 1,711
- Extent
- 59,035 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan
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
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-l’Apôtre stands in Mouila, 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 Libreville
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Libreville.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LibrevilleLibreville
- Diocese of FrancevilleFranceville
- Diocese of OyemOyem
- Diocese of Port-GentilPort-Gentil
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Gabon, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mouila (Latin: Muilaën(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Mouila) is seated in the city of Mouila and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Libreville.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Cathédrale Saint-Jean, Evêché, B.P. 95, Mouila, Gabon
- Telephone
- 66.45.00.16
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.