Diocese of Laghouat
Laghuaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Laghouat, Algeria
The Diocese of Laghouat is a Latin rite see covering the Saharan inland of Algeria, established in 1901 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa and erected as a diocese in 1955. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Algiers, its bishop's seat is the Pro-Cathedral of Ghardaïa, and it has been led by Bishop Diego Sarrió Cucarella since his appointment in January 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Laghuaten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001936
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,160
- Population
- 5,103,660
- Catholic share
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 2
- Catholics per priest
- 1,080
- Extent
- 2,107,708 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Bishop
- Diego Sarrió Cucarella, M. Afr.
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
Pro-Cathedral of Ghardaïa stands in Laghouat, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Algiers.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Alger–Iulia CaesareaAlger–Iulia Caesarea
- Diocese of Constantine–Hippo RegiusConstantine–Hippo Regius
- Diocese of OranOran
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].