Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui

Archdiocese of Bangui
Bishopric
Cathédrale Notre-Dame
Location
Country	Central African Republic
Coordinates	4°22′14″N 18°34′47″E / 4.3706°N 18.5797°E / 4.3706; 18.5797Coordinates: 4°22′14″N 18°34′47″E / 4.3706°N 18.5797°E / 4.3706; 18.5797
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Cathedral	Cathédrale Notre-Dame
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Dieudonné Nzapalainga
Map
Website
pastoralebangui.wordpress.com

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic.

History[]

• 1909.05.08: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo
• 1937.12.02: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Oubangui Chari
• 1940.05.28: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui
• 1955.09.14: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui

Special churches[]

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame in Bangui.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• Prefects Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Roman rite)
  • Fr. , C.S.Sp. 1909–1915
  • Fr. , C.S.Sp. 1915–1927
  • Fr. Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. 1928.05.02 – 1937.12.02; see below
• Vicars Apostolic of Bangui (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. 1937.12.02 – 1947.08.04; see above
  • Bishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. 1948.04.09 – 1955.09.14; see below
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Bangui (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop , C.S.Sp. 1955.09.14 – 1970.09.16; see above
  • Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen 1970.09.16 – 2003.07.26
  • Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo 2003.07.26 – 2009.05.26 (resigned)
  • Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. 14 May 2012 - present; elevated to Cardinal in 2016

Coadjutor archbishop[]

• Joachim N’Dayen (1968–1970)

Auxiliary bishop[]

• Edouard Mathos (1991–2004), appointed Bishop of Bambari

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]

• François-Xavier Yombandje, appointed Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro in 1997

Suffragan dioceses[]

• Alindao
• Bambari
• Bangassou
• Berbérati
• Bossangoa
• Bouar
• Kaga–Bandoro
• Mbaïki

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in the Central African Republic
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Central African Republic

References[]

Sources[]

• GCatholic.org

External links[]

• Official website

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