Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui

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 Oubangui Chari 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. Pietro Cotel, C.S.Sp. 1909 - 1915
  • Fr. Giovanni Calloch, 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 Joseph Cucherousset, 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. since 14 May 2012 - ; 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

Sources

• GCatholic.org