Diocese of Mouila
Muilaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mouila, Gabon
The Diocese of Mouila is a Latin Church diocese in southern Gabon, established on 11 December 1958 from the Diocese of Libreville. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Libreville and has been led by Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan since 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1958
- Latin
- Muilaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002305
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 46,200
- Population
- 115,800
- Catholic share
- 39.9%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 1,711
- Extent
- 59,035 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.8
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
- Bishop
- Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan
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
Cathédrale Saint-Jean-l’Apôtre stands in Mouila, 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 Libreville
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Libreville.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LibrevilleLibreville
- Diocese of FrancevilleFranceville
- Diocese of OyemOyem
- Diocese of Port-GentilPort-Gentil
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Gabon, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mouila (Latin: Muilaën(sis), French: Diocèse catholique romain de Mouila) is seated in the city of Mouila and belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Libreville.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Cathédrale Saint-Jean, Evêché, B.P. 95, Mouila, Gabon
- Telephone
- 66.45.00.16
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].