Apostolic vicariate Makokou, Gabon
Diocese of Makokou
Makokouen(sis)
Latin Church
Makokou is a Latin Catholic Apostolic Vicariate (not a full diocese) in the Ogooue-Ivindo province of northern Gabon, erected as an apostolic prefecture in 2003 and raised to a vicariate in 2014. It is immediately subject to the Holy See rather than part of a metropolitan province.
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- Established
- 2003
- Catholics
- 26,740
- Priests
- 12
- Territory
- 40,000 km²
Parishes and churches
4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame des VictoiresMakokou · CathedralView parish
- Paroisse Notre-Dame du RosaireMékamboView parish
- Paroisse Saint Esprit d’OvanOvanView parish
- Paroisse Saint François d’AssiseBoouéView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Severin Nziengui Mangandza
- Born
- 21 February 1970
- Birthplace
- Libreville
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DELLO SPIRITO SANTO
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Notre-Dame des Victoires stands in Makokou, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Among the Catholic jurisdictions of Gabon, the Apostolic Vicariate of Makokou (French: Vicariat apostolique de Makokou) stands apart as the country's last remaining missionary jurisdiction, since the rest of Gabon belongs to the ecclesiastical province headed by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Libreville. The vicariate answers directly to the Holy See through its Dicastery for Evangelization. Its seat is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires, dedicated to Our Lady of Victory, in Makokou, capital of the Ogooué-Ivindo province in the north of the country.