Archdiocese of Rabat
Rabaten(sis)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Rabat, Morocco
The Archdiocese of Rabat is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Morocco, erected as an apostolic vicariate in 1923 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1955. It is immediately subject to the Holy See, with St. Peter's Cathedral as its seat, and is led by Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Rabaten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Peter
- Annuario code
- 001002708
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 22,310
- Population
- 28,860,000
- Catholic share
- 0.1%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 656
- Extent
- 400,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Cristóbal López Romero
- Born
- 19 May 1952
- Birthplace
- Vélez-Rubio
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)
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-Pierre stands in Rabat, 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.
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].