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Diocese of Nouakchott

Dioecesis Nuakchottensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Victor Ndione, Bishop
  • Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 18 December 1965
  • Immediately Subject to the Holy See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Mauritania
  • Square Kilometers: 1,030,700 (398,107 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Évêché, B.P. 5377, Nouakchott, Mauritanie
  • Telephone: (04)5250.427
  • Fax: 5253.751

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
18 December 1965ErectedPrefecture Apostolic of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Mauritania) Diocese of Nouakchott (erected)
8 June 1968Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Nouakchott (from Dakar)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19705,4831,500,000.4%189609812ap1971
19804,7501,590,000.3%28104759256ap1981
19904,0001,800,000.2%3694447347ap1991
19994,5002,211,473.2%3101334610356ap2000
20004,5002,211,473.2%2101237510346ap2001
20014,5002,493,000.2%19104509326ap2002
20024,5002,600,000.2%1101140910326ap2003
20034,5002,600,000.2%1101140910336ap2004
20044,5002,600,000.2%3101334610346ap2005
20135,3403,637,000.1%2686677406ap2014
20164,0003,684,167.1%56113638296ap2017
20194,1403,905,000.1%55104148275ap2020
20214,1004,103,650.1%56113728345ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 557, and Page 558
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 61, Page 11, and Page 12

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