roman, catholic, archdiocese, bangui, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, february, 2023, learn, when, r. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui Latin Archidioecesis Banguensis is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic Archdiocese of BanguiArchidioecesis BanguensisArchidiocese de BanguiBishopricCathedrale Notre DameLocationCountryCentral African RepublicCoordinates4 22 14 N 18 34 47 E 4 3706 N 18 5797 E 4 3706 18 5797InformationDenominationCatholicCathedralCathedrale Notre DameCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisMetropolitan ArchbishopDieudonne NzapalaingaBishops emeritusPaulin PomodimoMapWebsitepastoralebangui wbr wordpress wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Special churches 3 Bishops 3 1 Ordinaries 3 2 Coadjutor archbishop 3 3 Auxiliary bishop 3 4 Other priest of this diocese who became bishop 4 Suffragan dioceses 5 See also 6 References 7 Sources 8 External linksHistory edit8 May 1909 Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo 2 December 1937 Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Oubangui Chari 28 May 1940 Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui 14 September 1955 Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of BanguiSpecial churches editThe seat of the archbishop is the Cathedrale Notre Dame in Bangui Bishops editOrdinaries edit Prefects Apostolic of Oubangui Chari Roman rite Fr Pietro Cotel C S Sp 1909 1915 Fr Giovanni Calloch C S Sp 1915 1927 Fr Marcel Auguste Marie Grandin C S Sp 2 May 1928 2 December 1937 see below Vicars Apostolic of Bangui Roman rite Bishop Marcel Auguste Marie Grandin C S Sp 2 December 1937 4 August 1947 see above Bishop Joseph Cucherousset C S Sp 9 April 1948 14 September 1955 see below Metropolitan Archbishops of Bangui Roman rite Archbishop Joseph Cucherousset C S Sp 14 September 1955 16 September 1970 see above Archbishop Joachim N Dayen 16 September 1970 26 July 2003 Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo 26 July 2003 26 May 2009 resigned Archbishop Dieudonne Nzapalainga C S Sp 14 May 2012 present elevated to Cardinal in 2016 Coadjutor archbishop edit Joachim N Dayen 1968 1970 Auxiliary bishop edit Edouard Mathos 1991 2004 appointed Bishop of Bambari Other priest of this diocese who became bishop edit Francois Xavier Yombandje appointed Bishop of Kaga Bandoro in 1997Suffragan dioceses editAlindao Bambari Bangassou Berberati Bossangoa Bouar Kaga Bandoro MbaikiSee also editRoman Catholicism in the Central African Republic List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Central African RepublicReferences editSources editGCatholic orgExternal links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp This Central African Republic related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui amp oldid 1223072210, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
