Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo

Archdiocese of Malabo Archidioecesis Malaboensis Arquidiócesis de Malabo
Santa Isabel Cathedral in Malabo
Location
Country	Equatorial Guinea
Ecclesiastical province	Malabo
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 October 1855
Cathedral	Santa Isabel Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop
Bishops emeritus

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.

History[]

• 1855.10.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia in Gabon
• 1904.05.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fernando Poo
• 1966.05.03: Promoted as Diocese of Santa Isabel
• 1974.04.14: Renamed as Diocese of Malabo
• 1982.10.15: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malabo

Ordinaries[]

Vicars Apostolic[]

1. , CMF (August 1890 – 21 April 1918)
2. , CMF (24 August 1918 – 23 March 1935)
3. , CMF (18 June 1935 – 15 February 1957)
4. , CMF (14 November 1957 – 3 May 1966)

Bishops and Archbishops of Malabo[]

1. , CMF (3 May 1966 – 9 May 1974)
2. (9 May 1974 – 14 September 1976)
3. , CMF (21 October 1982 – 7 July 1991)
4. (9 July 1991 – 11 February 2015)
5. (11 February 2015 – )

Suffragan dioceses[]

• Bata
• Ebebiyin

Note: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Evinayong and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mongomo were established as new suffragan sees (dioceses) of the Malabo Archdiocese Province by Pope Francis on April 1, 2017^[1]

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Equatorial Guinea
• Roman Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea

References[]

Sources[]

• GCatholic.org

Coordinates: 3°45′25″N 8°46′58″E / 3.7570°N 8.7828°E / 3.7570; 8.7828