Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.

History

* 1855.10.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia in Gabon
* 1904.05.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fernando Poo
* 1966.05.03: Promoted as Diocese of Santa Isabel
* 1974.04.14: Renamed as Diocese of Malabo
* 1982.10.15: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malabo

Leadership

* Metropolitan Archbishops of Malabo (Roman rite)
** Archbishop Ildefonso Obama Obono since 1991.07.09
** Archbishop Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F. 1982.10.21 – 1991.07.07
* Bishops of Malabo (Roman rite)
** Bishop Vicente Bernikon 1974.05.09 – 1976.09.14
** Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. 1974.04.14 – 1974.05.09
* Bishops of Santa Isabel (Roman rite)
** Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. 1966.05.03 – 1974.04.14
* Vicars Apostolic of Fernando Poo (Roman rite)
** Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. 1957.11.14 – 1966.05.03
** Bishop Leoncio Fernández Galilea, C.M.F. 1935.06.18 – 1957.02.15
** Bishop Nicolás Gonzalez Pérez, C.M.F. 1918.08.24 – 1935.03.23
** Bishop Pedro Coll Armengol, C.M.F. 1904.05.10 – 1918.04.21

uffragan Diocese

* Bata
* Ebebiyin

ee also

* Roman Catholicism in Equatorial Guinea
* Roman Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea

ource

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/mala0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]


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