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.
- Saint Louis Marie Grignon de MontfortTalangaïView parish
- Saint Marc d’OdzibaSous-préfecture d’OdzibaView parish
- Saint Michel de Goma-TsétséSous-préfecture de Goma-TsétséView parish
- Saint Michel de la BaseMoungaliView parish
- Saint Michel de NgangouoniMakélékéléView parish
- Saint Padre Pio de MbouonoMadibouView parish
- Saint PaulMadibouView parish
- Saint Pie X - OMSMadibouView parish
- Saint Pierre-ClaverBacongoView parish
- Saint-EspritMoungaliView parish
- Sainte Anne du CongoPoto-PotoView parish
- Sainte Bernadette de KazisTalangaïView parish
- Sainte ClaireDjiriView parish
- Sainte Madre Teresa de CalcuttaTalangaïView parish
- Sainte Odile de NgabéSous-préfecture de NgabéView parish
- Sainte Rita de MoukondoMoungaliView parish
- Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant JésusMfilouView parish
- Sainte Trinité / BarrageMakélékéléView parish
- Saints Martyrs de l’Ouganda de KingouariMakélékéléView 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).