Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} | |||
22 January 1842 | Erected | Diocese of Funchal
Diocese of São Tomé e Príncipe | Prefecture Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} (erected) |
Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} | |||
1846 | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} |
10 October 1855 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} | Vicariate Apostolic of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands (erected) |
13 April 1858 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} | Vicariate Apostolic of Sierra Leone (erected) |
28 August 1860 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} | Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey (erected) |
6 February 1863 | Split | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} | Vicariate Apostolic of Senegambia
Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées} |
Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées} | |||
6 February 1863 | Split | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} | Vicariate Apostolic of Senegambia
Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées} |
3 July 1879 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées} | Prefecture Apostolic of Cimbebasia (erected) |
27 September 1879 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées} | Prefecture Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast} (erected) |
2 May 1884 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées} | Prefecture Apostolic of Upper Niger {Niger Superiore} (erected) |
22 November 1886 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées} | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Belgian Congo {Congo Belga} o Indipendente (erected) |
18 March 1890 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées} | Prefecture Apostolic of Cameroun (erected) |
Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon | |||
18 March 1890 | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas {Des Deux Guinées} | Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon |
Vicariate Apostolic of Libreville | |||
10 July 1947 | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Gabon | Vicariate Apostolic of Libreville |
13 December 1951 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Libreville (Souanké) | Vicariate Apostolic of Fort-Rousset |
Diocese of Libreville | |||
14 September 1955 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Libreville | Diocese of Libreville |
28 November 1958 | Territory Added | Diocese of Pointe-Noire (Mayoumba et Tchibanga) | Diocese of Libreville |
28 November 1958 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Libreville (Zanaga) | Diocese of Pointe-Noire |
11 December 1958 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Libreville (Haut-Ogoouè, Ogoouè-Lolo, Ngouniè, and Ngouniè-Nyanga) | Diocese of Mouila (erected) |
Archdiocese of Libreville | |||
11 December 1958 | Elevated | Diocese of Libreville | Archdiocese of Libreville |
29 May 1969 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Libreville (Oyem and Makoku) | Diocese of Oyem (erected) |
19 March 2003 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Libreville (Ogooué-Maritime) | Diocese of Port-Gentil (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Libreville | ||||||||||||
1950 | 120,000 | 350,000 | 34.3% | 17 | 33 | 50 | 2,400 | 37 | 65 | 23 | ap1951 | |
Diocese of Libreville | ||||||||||||
Archdiocese of Libreville | ||||||||||||
1970 | 3,640 | 210,000 | 1.7% | 22 | 24 | 46 | 79 | 60 | 74 | 16 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 188,000 | 305,000 | 61.6% | 14 | 33 | 47 | 4,000 | 58 | 80 | 22 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 360,000 | 600,000 | 60.0% | 11 | 26 | 37 | 9,729 | 78 | 90 | 27 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 416,000 | 696,000 | 59.8% | 15 | 45 | 60 | 6,933 | 1 | 66 | 107 | 33 | ap2000 |
2000 | 423,000 | 708,000 | 59.7% | 16 | 39 | 55 | 7,690 | 137 | 118 | 29 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 380,000 | 600,000 | 63.3% | 16 | 41 | 57 | 6,666 | 1 | 107 | 113 | 29 | ap2002 |
2002 | 420,000 | 780,000 | 53.8% | 14 | 31 | 45 | 9,333 | 2 | 119 | 124 | 39 | ap2003 |
2003 | 352,000 | 660,000 | 53.3% | 14 | 34 | 48 | 7,333 | 1 | 58 | 104 | 24 | ap2004 |
2004 | 289,500 | 553,777 | 52.3% | 19 | 24 | 43 | 6,732 | 1 | 48 | 85 | 23 | ap2005 |
2013 | 483,000 | 807,000 | 59.9% | 46 | 44 | 90 | 5,366 | 2 | 91 | 104 | 35 | ap2014 |
2016 | 534,000 | 894,000 | 59.7% | 37 | 48 | 85 | 6,282 | 2 | 78 | 108 | 36 | ap2017 |
2019 | 565,000 | 955,000 | 59.2% | 36 | 49 | 85 | 6,647 | 1 | 90 | 108 | 38 | ap2020 |
2021 | 576,830 | 975,000 | 59.2% | 44 | 54 | 98 | 5,886 | 2 | 93 | 126 | 37 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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