Diocese of Port Victoria
Portus Victoriae seu Seychellarum
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Port Victoria, Seychelles
The Diocese of Port Victoria is the only Latin Catholic diocese in the Seychelles, with its see in the capital Victoria. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1852 and erected as a diocese in 1892, it is immediately subject to the Holy See and remains under missionary jurisdiction.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 July 1892
- Latin
- Portus Victoriae seu Seychellarum
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002653
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 62,952
- Extent
- 457 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 138
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
- Landry Philippe Rasamison
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
Immaculate Conception Cathedral stands in Port Victoria, 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.
History
The Seychelles has only one Latin Catholic diocese, Port Victoria (also called Seychelles; French: Diocèse de Port-Victoria). It is exempt, meaning directly dependent on the Holy See, and remains missionary in character, governed by the Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathédrale de l’Immaculée Conception, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Victoria, the country's capital city.
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].