Metropolitan see Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Archdiocese of Brazzaville
Brazzapolitan(us)
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the capital of the Republic of the Congo, erected in 1886 as the Apostolic Vicariate of French Congo and promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brazzaville by Pope Pius XII on 14 September 1955. Its seat is the Cathedrale Sacre-Coeur in Brazzaville, and its suffragans include Gamboma and Kinkala. Archbishop Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou took possession of the see on 21 November 2021.
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- Established
- 1955
- Catholics
- 431,225
- Priests
- 192
- Territory
- 14,450 km²
Parishes and churches
49 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale Sacré-CœurPoto-Poto · CathedralView parish
- Christ-Roi d’ImvoubaSous-préfecture d’ImvoubaView parish
- Divine Miséricorde d’InoniSous-préfecture de NgabéView parish
- Jésus Ressuscité et de la Divine MiséricordeMoungaliView parish
- Ndona Marie MfilouBrazzavilleView parish
- Ndunzia MpunguMfilouView parish
- Notre Dame du Suffrage de MoussossoMadibouView parish
- Notre-Dame de FatimaMpilaView parish
- Notre-Dame de la MiséricordeSous-préfecture d’Ile MbamouView parish
- Notre-Dame de l’AssomptionPoto-PotoView parish
- Notre-Dame des Apôtres de SangoloMadibouView parish
- Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours IgniéSout-préfecture d’IgnéView parish
- Notre-Dame du RosaireBacongoView parish
- Saint Alphonse de LiguoriKibinaView parish
- Saint Ambroise de NkozoMadibouView parish
- Saint André KaggwaKombéView parish
- Saint Antoine de Padoue de KoubolaSous-préfecture de KinkalaView parish
- Saint Augustin de la TsiéméTalangaïView parish
- Saint Benoît de Nganga-LingoloSous-préfecture de Goma-TsétséView parish
- Saint Charles LwangaMakélékéléView parish
- Saint François d’AssiseBacongoView parish
- Saint Grégoire de MassengoDjiriView parish
- Saint Jean Apôtre - KinsoundiMakélékéléView parish
- Saint Jean-BaptisteTalangaiView parish
- Saint Jean-Marie VianneyOuenzéView parish
- Saint Joseph de LinzoloSous-préfecture de KinkalaView parish
- Saint Joseph de tout pour le PeupleTalangaïView parish
- Saint Jules de MakabandilouDjiriView parish
- Saint KisitoMakélékéléView parish
- Saint Louis des FrançaisBrazzavilleView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou
- Born
- 16 October 1964
- Birthplace
- Pool
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Sacre-Coeur stands in Brazzaville, 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.
History
Brazzaville, in the Republic of the Congo, is the Metropolitan See of its own ecclesiastical province, governed as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brazzaville (Latin: Archidioecesis Brazzapolitana).