Diocese of Rodrigues
Rodriguen(sis)
Apostolic vicariate · Latin Church · Rodrigues, Mauritius
Rodrigues is an Apostolic Vicariate of the Latin Church on Rodrigues Island, Mauritius, established in 2002 and immediately subject to the Holy See. Michel Moura has served as Vicar Apostolic since his appointment in December 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Apostolic vicariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 October 2002
- Latin
- Rodriguen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Gabriel the Archangel
- Annuario code
- 001000449
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 40,979
- Population
- 43,604
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 94.0%
- Priests
- 5
- Catholics per priest
- 8,196
- Extent
- 104 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 394
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
- Vicar Apostolic
- Michel Moura
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-Gabriel stands in Rodrigues, 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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.