Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine
Diocese of Constantine Dioecesis Constantinianus | |
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Map of the Diocese of Constantine | |
Location | |
Country | Algeria |
Ecclesiastical province | Alger |
Metropolitan | Constantine |
Statistics | |
Area | 110,522 km2 (42,673 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 12,643,000 1,000 (0.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Roman |
Established | July 25, 1866 |
Cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs, Constantine |
Secular priests | 16 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop |
Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges Bishop of Constantine |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader |
Website | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine (Latin: Dioecesis Constantinianus) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.
History
July 25, 1866: Established as Diocese of Constantine from the Diocese of Algiers.
United titles
Diocese of Hippo (since 1867.09.23)
Special churches
The seat of the bishop is Cathedral the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs in Constantine. There is a Minor Basilica at the Basilique Saint Augustin in Annaba (Hippo).
Leadership
- Bishops of Constantine
- Bishop Félix-Joseph-François-Barthélemy de Las Cases (January 12, 1867 – August 29, 1870 )
- Bishop Joseph-Jean-Louis Robert (February 27, 1872 – July 15, 1878 )
- Archbishop Prosper Auguste Dusserre (July 31, 1878 – February 27, 1880 )
- Bishop François-Charles-Marie Gillard (February 27, 1880 - September 29, 1880 )
- Archbishop Barthélemy Clément Combes (February 17, 1881 – June 15, 1893 )
- Bishop Ludovic-Henri-Marie-Ixile Julien-Laferrière (January 29, 1894 – August 12, 1896 )
- Bishop Jules-Etienne Gazaniol (October 13, 1896 – May 22, 1913 )
- Bishop Jules-Alexandre-Léon Bouissière (May 26, 1913 – September 10, 1916 )
- Bishop Amiel-François Bessière (January 2, 1917 – October 3, 1923 )
- Bishop Emile-Jean-François Thiénard (March 24, 1924 – October 26, 1945 )
- Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval (November 3, 1946 – February 3, 1954 )
- Bishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier (March 27, 1954 – January 31, 1970 )
- Bishop Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto (August 19, 1970 – March 25, 1983 )
- Bishop Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Ist. del Prado (March 25, 1983 – November 21, 2008 )
- Bishop Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. (since November 21, 2008 )
Sources
Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Constantine. |
Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Constantine (Cirta). |
Coordinates: 36°52′54″N 7°44′42″E / 36.8817°N 7.7451°E
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