Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.

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

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur in Brazzaville, founded in 1887 by Monseigneur Augouard.

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

Suffragan Diocese

• Impfondo
• Kinkala
• Nkayi
• Ouesso
• Owando
• Pointe-Noire

See also

• Roman Catholicism in the Republic of the Congo
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information

Bibliography

• Maria Petringa, Brazza, A Life for Africa, Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006, ISBN 9781-4259-11980