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Diocese of

Nouakchott

Mauritania Mauritania

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nouakchott / Nuakchotten(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Western Sahara (↑), Laghouat (↗), Mopti (→), Ségou (↘), Kayes (↘), Tambacounda (↘), Saint-Louis du Sénégal (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (1995.07.10 – ...):Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (77)Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (77)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nouakchott (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (77)Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (77)
(1995.07.10 – ...)

Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

Born:1945.11.15 (Sendenhorst, Germany)
Ordained Priest:1973.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:1995.11.01

Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania) (1995.07.10 – ...)

Bishop Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny, C.S.Sp.
(1973.12.21 – 1995.07.10)

Born:1920.08.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:1948.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:1974.02.23
Died:2011.06.11 († 90)

Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania) (1973.12.21 – 1995.07.10)

Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp.
(1966.01.15 – 1973.12.21)

Born:1911.11.16 (France)
Ordained Priest:1938.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:1950.06.30
Died:1993.01.02 († 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea) (1950.03.12 – 1954.07.18)

Titular Bishop of Ægeæ (1950.03.12 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) (1954.07.18 – 1955.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) (1955.09.14 – 1964.05.02)

Titular Archbishop of Aræ in Mauretania (1964.05.02 – 1966.01.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania) (1966.01.15 – 1973.12.21)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 1,030,700 km²

Population: 4,190 Catholics (0.1% of 4,198,000 total) (2021)

Statistics: 5 parishes, 9 priests (5 diocesan, 4 religious), 34 religious (7 brothers, 27 sisters) (2021)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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