Diocese of Nouakchott
Nuakchotten(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Nouakchott, Mauritania
The Diocese of Nouakchott is the only Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Mauritania, erected on December 18, 1965, and immediately subject to the Holy See. It has been led by Bishop Victor Ndione since February 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1965
- Latin
- Nuakchotten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002413
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,500
- Population
- 2,600,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 10
- Catholics per priest
- 450
- Extent
- 1,030,700 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
- Victor Ndione
- Born
- 1 April 1973
- Birthplace
- Thiès
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
Cathedral of Saint Joseph, Nouakchott stands in Nouakchott, 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.
History
Mauritania has a single Catholic ecclesiastical territory: the Diocese of Nouakchott, a Latin Church diocese situated in the capital, Nouakchott, where the Cathedral of St. Joseph stands.
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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.