Diocese of Port-Louis
Portus Ludovici
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Port-Louis, Mauritius
The Diocese of Port-Louis is the Latin Catholic diocese covering Mauritius, with its see in the capital Port Louis. Established as an apostolic vicariate in 1837 and promoted to a diocese in 1847, it is immediately subject to the Holy See.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 December 1847
- Latin
- Portus Ludovici
- Patron
- St. Louis
- Annuario code
- 001002641
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 312,917
- Population
- 1,253,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 25.0%
- Priests
- 57
- Catholics per priest
- 5,490
- Extent
- 1,862 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 168
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
- Jean Michaël Durhône
- Born
- 5 June 1973
- Birthplace
- Vacoas-Phoenix
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
St. Louis Cathedral stands in Port-Louis, 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
Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius, is the seat of this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, known in Latin as Portus Ludovici and in French as Diocèse de Port-Louis.
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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.