Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat

Archdiocese of Rabat

*Archidioecesis Rabatensis*

Archidiocèse de Rabat
Archdiocese of Rabat; Archidioecesis Rabatensis; Archidiocèse de Rabat
Location
Country	Morocco
Territory	Rabat, northern Morocco
Statistics
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2014); 28,860,000; 21,000 (.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	14 September 1955
Cathedral	St. Peter's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Cristóbal López Romero S.D.B.
Vicar General	Daniel Nourissat
Bishops emeritus	, S.C.I.
Map
Website
	www.dioceserabat.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat (Latin: Archidioecesis Rabatensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Morocco. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat on July 2, 1923 by Pope Pius XI, and promoted to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on September 14, 1955.

St. Peter's Cathedral, Rabat

The archdiocese's mother church and seat of its archbishop is St. Peter's Cathedral, Rabat. Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. was appointed as the Archbishop of Rabat on December 29, 2017.

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

Vicars Apostolic of Rabat[]

Victor Colomban Dreyer, O.F.M Cap. (1923–1927), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt
, O.F.M. (1927–1946)
, O.F.M. (1947–1955 see below)

Archbishops of Rabat[]

, O.F.M. (see above 1955–1968)
Jean Chabbert, O.F.M. (1968–1982), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Perpignan-Elne, France
(1983–2001)
, S.C.J. (2001–2017)
Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. (2017– present ) (Cardinal in 2019)