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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Libreville

Gabon Gabon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Franceville, Mouila, Oyem, Port-Gentil

History

  • 1842.01.22: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Two Guineas and Senegambia / Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone (Italiano) (from Diocese of Funchal and Diocese of Tomé)
  • 1846: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia / Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone (Italiano)
  • 1855.10.10: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands
  • 1858.04.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone
  • 1860.08.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey
  • 1863.02.06: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas / Des Deux Guinées (français) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Senegambia)
  • 1879.07.03: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia
  • 1879.09.27: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Gold Coast
  • 1884.05.02: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Niger
  • 1886.06.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo
  • 1886.11.22: Lost territory to establish Mission “sui iuris” of Belgian Congo
  • 1890.03.18: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Gabon / Gabonen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroun)
  • 1947.07.10: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Libreville / Liberopolitan(us) (Latin)
  • 1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Libreville / Liberopolitan(us) (Latin)
  • 1958.12.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Libreville / Liberopolitan(us) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Mouila)
  • 1969.05.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Oyem
  • 2003.03.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Port-Gentil

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (1998.04.03 – ...):Archbishop Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B. (72)Archbishop Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B. (72)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Libreville (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B. (72)Archbishop Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B. (72)
(1998.04.03 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville (Gabon)

Born:1941.05.30 (Gabon)
Ordained Priest:1973.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1980.08.24

Coadjutor Bishop of Oyem (Gabon) (1980.04.24 – 1982.08.23)

Bishop of Oyem (Gabon) (1982.08.23 – 1998.04.03)

President of Episcopal Conference of Gabon (1989 – 2005)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region (1994 – 1997)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville (Gabon) (1998.04.03 – ...)

Archbishop André Fernand Anguilé
(1969.05.29 – 1998.04.03)

Born:1922.05.15 (Gabon)
Ordained Priest:1950.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:1969.08.01
Died:2001.12.10 († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville (Gabon) (1969.05.29 – 1998.04.03)

President of Episcopal Conference of Gabon (1970 – 1981)

Archbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp.
(1958.12.11 – 1969.05.29)

Born:1904.06.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:1928.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:1947.12.09
Died:1981.07.11 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura (1947.07.10 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Libreville (Gabon) (1947.07.10 – 1955.09.14)

Bishop of Libreville (Gabon) (1955.09.14 – 1958.12.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville (Gabon) (1958.12.11 – 1969.05.29)

Titular Archbishop of Brescello (1969.05.29 – 1976.10.27)

Bishops of Libreville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop)
(1955.09.14 – 1958.12.11)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Libreville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop)
(1947.07.10 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Gabon (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp.
(1926.01.04 – 1947.01.28)

Born:1882.12.21 (France)
Ordained Priest:1908.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:1926.01.25
Died:1947.01.28 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Acalissus (1925.12.18 – 1947.01.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon) (1926.01.04 – 1947.01.28)

Bishop Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp.
(1914.05.07 – 1925.03.22)

Born:1876.12.04 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1913.02.24
Died:1925.03.22 († 48)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon) (1912.12.10 – 1914.05.07)

Titular Bishop of Corycus (1912.12.10 – 1925.03.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon) (1914.05.07 – 1925.03.22)

Bishop Jean Martin Adam, C.S.Sp.
(1897.02.16 – 1914.05.07)

Born:1846.08.25 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1897.06.06
Died:1929.01.14 († 82)

Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon) (1897.02.16 – 1914.05.07)

Titular Bishop of Thmuis (1897.02.16 – 1929.01.14)

Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop)
(1892.07.03 – 1896.05.24)

Born:1854.01.19 (France)
Ordained Priest:1876.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1892.10.09
Died:1938.04.21 († 84)

Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon) (1892.07.03 – 1896.05.24)

Titular Bishop of Alinda (1892.07.03 – 1921.05.13)

Superior General of Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans, Holy Ghost Fathers) (1896.07 – 1926)

Titular Archbishop of Caria (1921.05.13 – 1938.04.21)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Le Berre, C.S.Sp.
(1877.09.07 – 1891.07.16)

Born:1819.08.01 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1877.10.28
Died:1891.07.16 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Archis (1877.09.07 – 1891.07.16)

Vicar Apostolic of Gabon (Gabon) (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)

Born:1803.12.24 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1849.01.14
Died:1876.04.30 († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia (Gabon) (1848.06.20 – 1863.02.06)

Titular Bishop of Callipolis (1848.06.20 – 1876.04.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas (Gabon) (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)

(see above)

Bishop Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp.
(1846.09.22 – 1847.11.23)

Born:1812.10.29 (France)
Consecrated Bishop:1847.01.25
Died:1847.11.23 († 35)

Titular Bishop of Callipolis (1846.09.22 – 1847.11.23)

Vicar Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia (Gabon) (1846.09.22 – 1847.11.23)

Prefects Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia (Roman Rite)

Fr. Eugène Tisserant
(1844 – 1846)

Died:1846

Prefect Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia (Gabon) (1844 – 1846)

Bishop Edward Barron
(1842 – 1844)

Born:1801 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1826
Consecrated Bishop:1842.11.01
Died:1854.09.12 († 53)

Prefect Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia (Gabon) (1842 – 1844)

Titular Bishop of Constantina (1842.11.01 – 1845)

Titular Bishop of Eucarpia (1845 – 1854.09.12)

Former Prelates

as of 2013.06.08

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