Archdiocese of Monrovia
Monrovien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Monrovia, Liberia
The Archdiocese of Monrovia is the Latin Church metropolitan see of Liberia, established as the Prefecture Apostolic of Liberia in 1903 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1981. Archbishop Gabriel Blamo Snosio Jubwe was appointed in February 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 December 1981
- Latin
- Monrovien(sis)
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002273
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 140,705
- Population
- 2,058,000
- Catholic share
- 6.8%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 5,211
- Extent
- 15,975 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.8
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
- Archbishop
- Gabriel Blamo Jubwe
- Born
- 7 September 1958
- Birthplace
- Lagos
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Monrovia, 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 Monrovia
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cape PalmasCape Palmas
- Diocese of GbarngaGbarnga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Liberia's Catholic Church is led from the Archdiocese of Monrovia (Archidioecesis Monroviensis), a Latin Church territory raised to an archdiocese in December 1981. Its origins lie in the Prefecture Apostolic of Liberia, established in 1903 when it was separated from the Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone (today the Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo).
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].