Metropolitan see Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire
Nigrirostren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese on the coast of the Republic of the Congo, tracing to the Apostolic Vicariate of Loango, renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Pointe-Noire in January 1949 and raised to metropolitan archdiocese on 30 May 2020 with Dolisie and Nkayi as suffragans. Its seat is the Cathedrale Saint-Pierre-Apotre (St. Peter the Apostle Cathedral) in Pointe-Noire. Archbishop Abel Liluala has led the archdiocese since 6 January 2024.
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- Established
- 1949
- Catholics
- 1,000,000
- Priests
- 94
- Territory
- 13,500 km²
Parishes and churches
31 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Abel Liluala
- Born
- 23 April 1964
- Birthplace
- Cabinda
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The cathedral
St. Peter the Apostle Cathedral, Pointe-Noire stands in Pointe-Noire, 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
Pointe-Noire, in the Republic of the Congo, is the seat of a Roman Catholic archdiocese (Latin: Nigrirostren(sis)). Its province counts two suffragan dioceses, Dolisie and Nkayi.