Archdiocese of Rabat

Rabaten(sis)

Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Rabat, Morocco

The Archdiocese of Rabat is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Morocco, erected as an apostolic vicariate in 1923 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1955. It is immediately subject to the Holy See, with St. Peter's Cathedral as its seat, and is led by Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero.

The see

Rank: Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 14 September 1955
Latin: Rabaten(sis)
Patron: Saint Peter
Annuario code: 001002708

The see in figures

Catholics: 22,310
Population: 28,860,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 0.1%
Priests: 34
Catholics per priest: 656
Extent: 400,000 km²
Catholics per km²: 0.1

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: Cristóbal López Romero
Born: 19 May 1952
Birthplace: Vélez-Rubio
Institute: SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)

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-Pierre stands in Rabat, 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.

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Sources

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.