Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.
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[edit] History
- June 4, 1886: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo from the Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda in Angola and the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon
- October 14, 1890: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo
- June 14, 1922: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Brazzaville
- September 14, 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville
[edit] Special Churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur in Brazzaville.
[edit] Leadership
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Brazzaville (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Anatole Milandou since 2001.01.23
- Archbishop Barthélémy Batantu 1978.11.15 – 2001.01.23
- Cardinal Emile Biayenda 1971.06.14 – 1977.03.23
- Archbishop Théophile Mbemba 1964.05.23 – 1971.06.14
- Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. 1955.09.14 – 1964.05.02
- Vicars Apostolic of Brazzaville (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. 1954.07.18 – 1955.09.14
- Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. 1936.01.27 – 1954
- Bishop Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp. 1922.06.12 – 1936.04.27
- Vicars Apostolic of Upper French Congo (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp. 1890.10.14 – 1921.10.03
- Vicars Apostolic of French Congo (Roman rite)
- Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. 1886.06.08 – 1890.10.14
