Archdiocese of Alger–Iulia Caesarea
Algerien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Alger–Iulia Caesarea, Algeria
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Alger-Iulia Caesarea is the Latin archdiocese of Algiers, Algeria, erected in 1838 and raised to a metropolitan see in 1866. Its archbishop, Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, was created a cardinal in December 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 July 1866
- Latin
- Algerien(sis)
- Patron
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001000645
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,000
- Population
- 12,470,000
- Catholic share
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 9
- Catholics per priest
- 444
- Extent
- 54,900 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- His Eminence Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P. (Cardinal)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Algiers stands in Alger–Iulia Caesarea, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Algiers
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Constantine–Hippo RegiusConstantine–Hippo Regius
- Diocese of LaghouatLaghouat
- Diocese of OranOran
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
As the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria, this archdiocese is known in Latin as Archidioecesis Algeriensis and in French as Archidiocèse de Alger.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].