Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville

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Archdiocese of Libreville
Liberopolitanus
Statistics
Country: Gabon
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 41,370 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
553,777 (2004)
289,500 (52.3%)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Basile Mvé Engone

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Libreville in Gabon.

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[edit] History

  • January 22, 1842: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Two Guineas and Senegambia from the Diocese of Funchal in Portugal and the Diocese of Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe
  • 1846: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia
  • February 6, 1863: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas
  • March 18, 1890: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Gabon
  • July 10, 1947: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Libreville
  • September 14, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Libreville
  • December 11, 1958: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Libreville


[edit] Leadership

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Libreville (Roman rite)
  • Bishops of Libreville (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. 1955.09.14 – 1958.12.11
  • Vicars Apostolic of Libreville (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. 1947.07.10 – 1955.09.14
  • Vicars Apostolic of Gabon (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. 1926.01.04 – 1947.01.28
    • Bishop Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. 1914.05.07 – 1925.03.22
    • Bishop Jean Martin Adam, C.S.Sp. 1897.02.16 – 1914.05.07
    • Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. 1892.07.03 – 1896.05.24
    • Bishop Pierre-Marie Le Berre, C.S.Sp. 1877.09.07 – 1891.07.16
  • Vicars Apostolic of Two Guineas (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Jean-René Bessieux, C.S.Sp. 1863.02.06 – 1876.04.30
  • Vicars Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Jean-René Bessieux, C.S.Sp. 1848.06.20 – 1863.02.06
    • Bishop Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp. 1846.09.22 – 1847.11.23
  • Prefects Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia (Roman rite)
    • Fr. Eugène Tisserant 1844 – 1846
    • Bishop Edward Barron 1842 – 1844

[edit] Suffragan Diocese

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