Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Brazzaville / Brazzapolitan(us) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Gamboma, Kinkala
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.11.21 – ...): | ![]() President of Episcopal Conference of Congo |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Brazzaville (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) Le fils de l’homme n’est pas venu pour être servi, mais pour servir
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Archbishop Barthélémy Batantu
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Cardinal Emile Biayenda
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Archbishop Théophile Mbemba
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Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp.
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Vicars Apostolic of Brazzaville (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp.
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Bishop Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp.
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Vicars Apostolic of Haut-Congo français (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Archbishop Philippe-Prosper Augouard, C.S.Sp.
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Area: 14,450 km²
Population: 747,650 Catholics (51.9% of 1,440,990 total) (2021)
Statistics: 53 parishes, 10 missions, 215 priests (138 diocesan, 77 religious), 461 religious (187 brothers, 274 sisters), 82 seminarians (2021)
Last updated on 2023.09.03
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