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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Algiers

Algeria Algeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Constantine, Oran

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History

  • 1838.08.10: Established as Diocese of Algiers / Alger (English) / Algerien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Islas Canarias, and gained title of Iulia Caesarea)
  • 1843: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Tunis
  • 1866.07.25: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Algiers / Alger (English) / Algerien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Constantine and Diocese of Oran)

United Titles

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2008.05.24 – ...):Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (61)Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (61)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Algiers (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (61)Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader (61)
(2008.05.24 – ...)

Confirma fratres tuos

Born:1951.07.22 (Jordan)
Ordained Priest:1975.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:2008.07.17

Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) (2008.05.24 – ...)

Archbishop Henri Antoine Marie Teissier (83)Archbishop Henri Antoine Marie Teissier (83)
(1988.04.19 – 2008.05.24)

Born:1929.07.21 (France)
Ordained Priest:1955.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:1973.02.02

Bishop of Oran (Algeria) (1972.11.30 – 1980.12.20)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) (1980.12.20 – 1988.04.19)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (1983 – 2004)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) (1988.04.19 – 2008.05.24)

Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval
(1954.02.03 – 1988.04.19)

In caritate omnia

Born:1903.11.09 (France)
Ordained Priest:1926.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1947.02.11
Created Cardinal:1965.02.22
Died:1996.05.30 († 92)

Bishop of Constantine (Algeria) (1946.11.03 – 1954.02.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) (1954.02.03 – 1988.04.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Balbina (1965.02.25 – 1996.05.30)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (1966 – 1983)

Archbishop Auguste-Fernand Leynaud
(1917.01.02 – 1953.08.05)

Born:1865.08.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:1888.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1917.03.06
Died:1953.08.05 († 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) (1917.01.02 – 1953.08.05)

Archbishop Barthélemy Clément Combes
(1909.01.22 – 1917.01.02)

Born:1839.09.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:1864.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:1881.10.09
Died:1922.02.20 († 82)

Bishop of Constantine (Algeria) ([1881.02.17] 1881.05.13 – 1893.06.15)

Archbishop of Cartagine (1893.06.15 – 1909.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) (1909.01.22 – 1917.01.02)

Archbishop Fédéric-Henri Oury
(1898.11.28 – 1907.12.15)

Born:1842.05.03 (France)
Ordained Priest:1865.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1885.06.21
Died:1921.02.06 († 78)

Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) ([1884.12.31] 1885.03.27 – 1886.06.10)

Bishop of Fréjus (France) ([1886.03.02] 1886.06.10 – 1890.06.26)

Bishop of Dijon (France) ([1890.06.03] 1890.06.26 – 1898.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) ([1898.07.08] 1898.11.28 – 1907.12.15)

Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais antea Syis (1909.04.29 – 1921.02.06)

Archbishop Prosper Auguste Dusserre
(1892.11.26 – 1897.12.30)

Born:1833.04.30 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1878.12.15
Died:1897.12.30 († 64)

Bishop of Constantine (Algeria) ([1878.07.31] 1878.09.13 – 1880.02.27)

Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1880.02.27 – 1892.11.26)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) ([1880.02.13] 1880.02.27 – 1892.11.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Constantine (Algeria) (1881.07 – 1892.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) (1892.11.26 – 1897.12.30)

Cardinal Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie
(1867.03.27 – 1892.11.25)

Caritas

Born:1821.10.31 (France)
Ordained Priest:1849.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:1863.03.22
Created Cardinal:1882.03.27
Died:1892.11.25 († 71)

Bishop of Nancy (France) (1863.03.16 – 1867.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) (1867.03.27 – 1892.11.25)

Founder of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (1868)

Apostolic Administrator of Oran (Algeria) (1875.11.09 – 1876.04.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Tunis (Tunisia) (1881.06.28 – 1884.11.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese fuori le mura (1882.07.03 – 1892.11.25)

Archbishop of Cartagine (1884.11.10 – 1892.11.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Ghardaïa (Algeria) (1891.03.13 – 1892.11.25)

Archbishop Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy
(1846.04.16 – 1866.11.16)

Born:1805.03.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:1829.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1846.05.24
Died:1866.11.16 († 61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Algiers (Algeria) ([1846.02.25] 1846.04.16 – 1866.11.16)

Bishops of Algiers (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antoine-Louis-Adolphe Dupuch
(1838.09.13 – 1845.12.09)

Born:1800.05.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:1825.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:1838.10.28
Died:1856.07.11 († 56)

Bishop of Algiers (Algeria) ([1838.08.25] 1838.09.13 – 1845.12.09)

Former Prelates

as of 2013.05.03

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