Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers

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Archdiocese of Algiers Archidioecesis Algeriensis Archidiocèse de Alger
Map of the Archdiocese of Algiers
Location
Country	Algeria
Ecclesiastical province	Algiers
Metropolitan	Algiers
Statistics
Area	54,701 km2 (21,120 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2012) 10,585,000 1,530 (0.0%)
Information
Rite	Roman
Established	August 10, 1838 (1838-08-10)
Cathedral	Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger, Algiers
Secular priests	45
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges Archbishop of Algiers
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges
Website
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The Archdiocese of Algiers (Latin: Archidioecesis Algeriensis, French: Archidiocèse de Alger) is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.

History[]

• August 10, 1838: Established as Diocese of Algiers from Diocese of Islas Canarias in Spain
• 1838: United with
• July 25, 1866: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Algiers

Special churches[]

La Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger (Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers) a concrete Modernist church, was built in 1956. It became a cathedral in 1962, replacing the French colonial Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers when that 1612 building was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque. The Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers was established by converting the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1845, but was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1962. There is also a Minor Basilica at the Basilique de Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers.

Bishops[]

Apostolic Vicars of Algiers[]

1. , CM (1651 – 17 July 1662)
2. , CM (1662 – April 1663)
3. Jean Le Vacher, CM (23 May 1668 – 29 July 1683)
4. , CM (8 January 1685 – 5 July 1688)
5. , O.SS.T (1690–1693)
6. , CM (September 1693 – 11 March 1705)
7. , CM (1705 – December 1736)
8. , CM (1737 – 15 July 1740)
9. , CM (22 July 1740 – 1 June 1741)
10. , CM (June 1741 – July 1743)
11. , CM (July 1743 – 3 August 1746)
12. , CM (3 August 1746 – 1757)
13. , CM (30 November 1757 – 5 September 1763)
14. , CM (5 September 1763 – April 1765)
15. , CM (April 1765 – 1772)
16. , CM (1772 – April 1773)
17. , CM (April 1773 – 28 May 1778)
18. , CM (20 October 1778 – 11 February 1782)
19. , CM (20 March 1782 – 2 May 1784)
20. , CM (20 January 1785 – 5 April 1798)
21. , CM (1798–1802)
22. , CM (March 1823 – June 1825)
23. , CM (1825–1827)

Bishops of Algiers[]

1. Antoine-Adolphe Dupuch (13 September 1838 – 9 December 1845)
2. Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy (16 April 1846 – 16 November 1866)

Archbishops of Algiers[]

1. Charles Lavigerie (27 March 1867 – 25 November 1892), elevated to Cardinal in 1882
2. (26 November 1892 – 30 December 1897)
3. (28 November 1898 – 15 December 1907)
4. (22 January 1909 – 2 January 1917)
5. (2 January 1917 – 5 August 1953)
6. Léon-Étienne Duval (3 February 1954 – 19 April 1988), elevated to Cardinal in 1965
7. Henri Antoine Marie Teissier (19 April 1988 – 24 May 2008)
8. Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (24 May 2008 – 23 May 2015), appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop
9. Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, SJ (24 December 2016 – )

Coadjutor archbishops[]

• (1880–1892)
• Henri Antoine Marie Teissier (1980–1988)

Auxiliary bishops[]

• (22 December 1871 – 27 February 1880), appointed Bishop of Belley, France
• (28 June 1889 – 1903)
• (26 February 1909 – 4 June 1920)
• (13 December 1947 – 27 March 1954), appointed Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone)
• Gaston Marie Jacquier (4 December 1960 – 8 July 1976)

Other bishops who were priests of the diocese[]

This list contains men, living and deceased, who were priests of this diocese before becoming bishops elsewhere.

• Victor-Félix Bernadou (priest: 19 December 1840 – 7 April 1862), appointed Bishop of Gap, France; future Cardinal
• (priest: 29 June 1965 – 10 July 1998), appointed Bishop of Oran
• Henri Antoine Marie Teissier (priest: 24 March 1955 – 30 November 1972)), appointed Bishop of Oran (later returned here as Coadjutor)

Suffragan dioceses[]

• Diocese of Constantine
• Diocese of Oran

See also[]

• List of Catholic dioceses in Algeria

Sources[]

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Algiers.

• GCatholic.org

External links[]

• catholic-hierarchy.org

Coordinates: 36°46′03″N 3°03′16″E / 36.7674°N 3.0544°E / 36.7674; 3.0544