Archdiocese of Tunis
Tunetan(us)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Tunis, Tunisia
The Archdiocese of Tunis is the Latin Catholic archdiocese covering Tunisia, seated at the Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul in Tunis. It was erected in 1884 as the Archdiocese of Carthage and took its present form in 2010, and is led by Archbishop Nicolas Lhernould, appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 May 2010
- Latin
- Tunetan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000019
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 30,440
- Population
- 11,568,760
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 1,015
- Extent
- 162,216 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- Nicolas Lhernould
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 St. Vincent de Paul stands in Tunis, 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
Founded on 10 November 1884 as the Archdiocese of Carthage, with a territory matching that of the then French protectorate of Tunisia, the see now known as the Archdiocese of Tunis is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Tunis, Tunisia. On 9 July 1964 it became a territorial prelature under the title Prelature of Tunis; on 31 May 1995 it was made a diocese, keeping the name of Tunis; and on 22 May 2010 it was raised to the rank of archdiocese. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul.
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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.