Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Archdiocese
name=Libreville
latin=Liberopolitanus
country=Gabon
rite=Latin Rite
area=41,370
population=553,777
population_as_of=2004
catholics=289,500
catholics_percent=52.3
bishop=Basile Mvé Engone

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Libreville is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Libreville in Gabon.

History

* January 22, 1842: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Two Guineas and Senegambia from the Diocese of Funchal in Portugal and the Diocese of Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe
* 1846: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia
* February 6, 1863: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas
* March 18, 1890: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Gabon
* July 10, 1947: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Libreville
* September 14, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Libreville
* December 11, 1958: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Libreville

Leadership

* Metropolitan Archbishops of Libreville (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Basile Mvé Engone, S.D.B. since 1998.04.03
** Archbishop André Fernand Anguilé 1969.05.29 – 1998.04.03
** Archbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. 1958.12.11 – 1969.05.29
* Bishops of Libreville (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. 1955.09.14 – 1958.12.11
* Vicars Apostolic of Libreville (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Jean-Jerôme Adam, C.S.Sp. 1947.07.10 – 1955.09.14
* Vicars Apostolic of Gabon (Roman rite)
** Bishop Louis-Michel-François Tardy, C.S.Sp. 1926.01.04 – 1947.01.28
** Bishop Louis Jean Martrou, C.S.Sp. 1914.05.07 – 1925.03.22
** Bishop Jean Martin Adam, C.S.Sp. 1897.02.16 – 1914.05.07
** Bishop Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. 1892.07.03 – 1896.05.24
** Bishop Pierre-Marie Le Berre, C.S.Sp. 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
* Vicars Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia (Roman rite)
** Bishop Jean-René Bessieux, C.S.Sp. 1848.06.20 – 1863.02.06
** Bishop Jean-Benoît Truffet, C.S.Sp. 1846.09.22 – 1847.11.23
* Prefects Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia (Roman rite)
** Fr. Eugène Tisserant 1844 – 1846
** Bishop Edward Barron 1842 – 1844

uffragan Diocese

* Franceville
* Mouila
* Oyem
* Port-Gentil

ee also

* List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Gabon

ource

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/libr0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]


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