The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui () is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic.
History 8 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 Bangui
Special churches The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame in Bangui.
Bishops Ordinaries
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 Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. 14 May 2012–present; elevated to Cardinal in 2016
Coadjutor archbishop Joachim N’Dayen (1968–1970)
Auxiliary bishop Edouard Mathos (1991–2004), appointed Bishop of Bambari
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop François-Xavier Yombandje, appointed Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro in 1997
Suffragan dioceses Alindao Bambari Bangassou Kaga–Bandoro
See also Roman Catholicism in the Central African Republic List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Central African Republic
References
Sources GCatholic.org
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