The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui () is the

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Bangui Bangui (; or Bangî in Sango language, Sango, formerly written Bangi in English) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in the Central African Republic, largest city of the Central African Republic. It was established as a Fren ...

in the

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History

* 8 May 1909: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of

Oubangui-Chari Ubangi-Shari () was a French colony in central Africa, a part of French Equatorial Africa. It was named after the Ubangi and Chari rivers along which it was colonised. It was established on 29 December 1903, from the Upper Ubangi (') and Upper ...

from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo *2 December 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Oubangui Chari *28 May 1940: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui *14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame in Bangui.

Bishops

Ordinaries

*Prefects Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Roman rite) **Fr. Pietro Cotel, C.S.Sp. 1909–1915 **Fr. Giovanni Calloch, C.S.Sp. 1915–1927 **Fr. Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. 2 May 1928 – 2 December 1937; ''see below'' *Vicars Apostolic of Bangui (Roman rite) **Bishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. 2 December 1937 – 4 August 1947; ''see above'' **Bishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. 9 April 1948 – 14 September 1955; ''see below'' *Metropolitan Archbishops of Bangui (Roman rite) **Archbishop

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, C.S.Sp. 14 September 1955 – 16 September 1970; ''see above'' **Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen 16 September 1970 – 26 July 2003 **Archbishop

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26 July 2003 – 26 May 2009 (resigned) **Archbishop

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, C.S.Sp. 14 May 2012–present; elevated to Cardinal in 2016

Coadjutor archbishop

* Joachim N’Dayen (1968–1970)

Auxiliary bishop

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(1991–2004), appointed Bishop of Bambari

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* François-Xavier Yombandje, appointed Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro in 1997

Suffragan dioceses

* Alindao *

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* Kaga–Bandoro *

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References

Sources

GCatholic.org

External links

* Bangui Roman Catholic dioceses in the Central African Republic A Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui {{Africa-RC-diocese-stub