Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine

Diocese of Constantine Dioecesis Constantinianus
Map of the Diocese of Constantine
Location
Country	Algeria
Ecclesiastical province	Alger
Metropolitan	Constantine
Statistics
Area	110,522 km2 (42,673 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 12,643,000 1,000 (0.0%)
Information
Rite	Roman
Established	25 July 1866 (1866-07-25)
Cathedral	Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs, Constantine
Secular priests	16
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Nicolas Lhernould (elect)
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges
Website
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine (Latin: Dioecesis Constantinianus, French: Diocèse de Constantine) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.

History

25 July 1866: Established as Diocese of Constantine from the Diocese of Algiers.

United titles

Diocese of Hippo (since 1867.09.23)

Special churches

The seat of the bishop is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs in Constantine. There is a minor basilica at the Basilique Saint Augustin in Annaba (Hippo).

Ordinaries

Bishops of Constantine

• Félix-Joseph-François-Barthélemy de Las Cases (12 January 1867 (1867-01-12) – 29 August 1870 (1870-08-29))
• Joseph-Jean-Louis Robert (27 February 1872 (1872-02-27) – 15 July 1878 (1878-07-15)), appointed Bishop of Marseille, France
• Prosper Auguste Dusserre (31 July 1878 (1878-07-31) – 27 February 1880 (1880-02-27))
• François-Charles-Marie Gillard (27 February 1880 (1880-02-27) - 29 September 1880 (1880-09-29)), died without being consecrated
• Barthélemy Clément Combes (17 February 1881 (1881-02-17) – 15 June 1893 (1893-06-15)), appointed Archbishop of Carthage
• Ludovic-Henri-Marie-Ixile Julien-Laferrière (29 January 1894 (1894-01-29) – 12 August 1896 (1896-08-12))
• Jules-Etienne Gazaniol (13 October 1896 (1896-10-13) – 22 May 1913 (1913-05-22))
• Jules-Alexandre-Léon Bouissière (26 May 1913 (1913-05-26) – 10 September 1916 (1916-09-10))
• Amiel-François Bessière (2 January 1917 (1917-01-02) – 3 October 1923 (1923-10-03))
• Emile-Jean-François Thiénard (24 March 1924 (1924-03-24) – 26 October 1945 (1945-10-26))
• Léon-Étienne Duval (3 November 1946 (1946-11-03) – 3 February 1954 (1954-02-03)), appointed Archbishop of Algiers (Cardinal in 1965)
• Paul Pierre Pinier (27 March 1954 (1954-03-27) – 31 January 1970 (1970-01-31))
• Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto (19 August 1970 (1970-08-19) – 25 March 1983 (1983-03-25))
• Gabriel Piroird, IdP (25 March 1983 (1983-03-25) – 21 November 2008 (2008-11-21))
• Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. (21 November 2008 (2008-11-21) - 24 December 2016 (2016-12-24)), appointed Archbishop of Algiers
• Nicolas Lhernould (9 December 2019 – present)

Sources

The Cathedral in Constantine, 1894

• GCatholic.org
• Diocese of Constantine website

External links

• catholic-hierarchy.org