Continent: Southern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Apostolic Vicariate
Name: Archipel des Comores (français) / Archipelago of the Comores (English) / Arcipelago delle Comores (Italiano) / Insularum Comorensium (Latin)
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Liturgical Calendar (Universal) đ
Address: B.P. 46, Moroni, Comoros
Phone: 763.19.96
Vicar Apostolic (2010.05.01 â ...): | Bishop Charles Mahuza Yava, S.D.S. (63) Titular Bishop of Apisa maius |
Vicars Apostolic of Archipel des Comores (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Charles Mahuza Yava, S.D.S. (63) Vicar Apostolic of Archipel des Comores (Comoros)
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Apostolic Administrators of Comores (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Jan Geerits, S.D.S. Apostolic Administrator of Comores (Comoros) (2006.06.06 â 2010.05.01) | ||||||||||
Fr. Jan Szpilka, S.D.S.
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Fr. Jean PĂ©ault, M.E.P. | ||||||||||
Fr. Gabriel Franco Nicolai, O.F.M. Cap. Pro-Administrator of Comores (Comoros) (1991 â 1997) | ||||||||||
Fr. Jean PĂ©ault, M.E.P. | ||||||||||
Fr. Jean Berchmans EugĂšne Jung, O.F.M. Cap.
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Bishop LĂ©on-Adolphe Messmer, O.F.M. Cap.
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Area: 2,235 kmÂČ
Population: 6,546 Catholics (0.6% of 1,145,209 total)
Pastoral Centres: 5 parishes
Personnel: 6 priests (religious), 18 religious (7 brothers, 11 sisters), 2 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.12
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