- Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Latin: Sancti Dionysii Reunionis) is the Roman Catholic diocese on the island of Réunion.
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History
- 1712: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Islands of the Indian Ocean from the Diocese of Malacca in Malaysia
- 1818: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Bourbon
- 1850: Promoted as Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
Special churches
The seat of the bishop is Cathédrale Saint-Denis in Saint-Denis.
Leadership
Bishops of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion (Roman rite):
- Bishop Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry (since 1975.11.20)
- Bishop Georges-Henri Guibert, C.S.Sp. (1960.11.07 – 1975.02.19)
- Bishop François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. (1934.12.10 – 1960.10.21)
- Bishop Jacques-Paul-Antonin Fabre (1892.11.26 – 1919.12.26)
- Archbishop Edmond-Frédéric Fuzet (1887.10.12 – 1893.01.19)
- Bishop Joseph Coldefy (1881.02.17 – 1887.01.18)
- Archbishop Dominique-Clément-Marie Soulé (1876.10.10 – 1880.11.30)
- Bishop Victor-Jean-François-Paulin Delannoy (1872.02.10 – 1876.12.18)
- Bishop Armand-René Maupoint (1857.02.14 – 1871.07.10)
- Cardinal Florian-Jules Desprez (1850.06.22 – 1857.03.19)
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Roman Catholicism in Africa Sovereign
states- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
- Western Sahara
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