Archdiocese of N’Djaména
Ndiamenan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · N’Djaména, Chad
The Archdiocese of N'Djaména is the metropolitan see of the Latin Catholic Church in Chad, erected as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fort-Lamy in 1947 and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1961. Its cathedral is Our Lady of Peace in the capital, N'Djaména.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 October 1973
- Latin
- Ndiamenan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002368
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 256,000
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 5,020
- Extent
- 654,452 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Edmond Jitangar
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 Notre-Dame de la Paix stands in N’Djaména, 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 N'Djaména
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KoumraKoumra
- Diocese of LaïLaï
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archevêché, B.P. 456, N’Djaména, Tchad
- Telephone
- 66.35.86.01
- [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].