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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville (Latin: Archidioecesis Brazzapolitana) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.




History


On 4 June 1886, Pope Leo XIII established the Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo from the Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda in Angola and the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon. It was renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo
on 14 October 1890, and again on 14 June 1922 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Brazzaville. It lost territory in 1950 when the Apostolic Vicariate of Fort-Rousset was established. Pope Pius XII promoted the vicariate to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville on 14 September 1955. It lost territory again in 1987 when the Diocese of Kinkala was established.
On 30 May 2020, the dioceses of Owando and Pointe-Noire were raised to metropolitan archdioceses, and consequently the province of Brazzaville was split into 3 provinces.




Special churches


The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur in Brazzaville, founded in 1887 by Monseigneur Augouard.




Bishops






= Ordinaries

=
Vicar Apostolic of French Congo
Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp. 8 June 1886 – 14 October 1890, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Lower French Congo {Congo Francese Inferiore}
Vicar Apostolic of Upper French Congo (Roman rite)
Prosper Philippe Augouard, C.S.Sp. 14 October 1890 – 3 October 1921
Vicars Apostolic of Brazzaville
Firmin-Jules Guichard, C.S.Sp. 12 June 1922 – 27 April 1936
Paul Joseph Biéchy, C.S.Sp. 27 January 1936 – 1954
Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. 18 July 1954 – 14 September 1955; see below
Metropolitan Archbishops of Brazzaville
Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp. 14 September 1955 – 2 May 1964; see above
Théophile Mbemba 23 May 1964 – 14 June 1971
Emile Biayenda 14 June 1971 – 23 March 1977 (Cardinal in 1973)
Barthélémy Batantu 15 November 1978 – 23 January 2001
Anatole Milandou since 23 January 2001




= Coadjutor archbishops

=
Théophile Mbemba (1961-1964)
Émile Biayenda (1970-1971); later cardinal
Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou (18 April 2020 – present)




= Auxiliary bishop

=
Anatole Milandou (1983-1987), appointed Bishop of Kinkala (later returned here as Archbishop)




= Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

=
Urbain Ngassongo, appointed Bishop of Gamboma in 2013




Suffragan Dioceses


Gamboma
Kinkala




See also


Roman Catholicism in the Republic of the Congo
List of Roman Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo




Sources






Bibliography


Maria Petringa, Brazza, A Life for Africa, Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4259-1198-0

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• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville
• Anatole Milandou
• List of Catholic archdioceses
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kinkala
• List of Catholic dioceses in the Republic of the Congo
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Conakry
• Émile Biayenda
• Sacred Heart Cathedral, Brazzaville
• Milandou