Roman Catholic Diocese of Laghouat

Diocese of Laghouat
Dioecesis Laghuatensis

Map of the Diocese of Laghouat (Shown in yellow encompassing all of southern Algeria)
Location
Country Algeria
Ecclesiastical province Immediately subject to the Holy See
Metropolitan Laghouat
Statistics
Area 2,107,708 km2 (813,791 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
4,324,000
1,200 (0.0%)
Information
Rite Roman
Established July 19, 1901 (1901-07-19)
Secular priests 11
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr.
Bishop of Laghouat
Website

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Laghouat (Latin: Dioecesis Laghuatensis) is a Latin diocese covering the sparsely populated Saharan inland of Algeria, in North Africa.

It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

Its episcopal see is the Pro-Cathedral in Ghardaïa, but it also had a former Cathedral (now secularized): Ex-church of Saint-Hilarion, in the eponymous city of Laghouat.

History

Ordinaries

(all Roman rite; so far all missionaries, notably European members of a Latin congregation, the White Fathers (M. Afr.)

Apostolic Prefects of Ghardaïa
Apostolic Prefects of Ghardaïa in the Sahara
Apostolic Vicar of Ghardaïa in the Sahara
Exempt Bishops of Laghouat

See also

Sources and External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Ghardaia.

Coordinates: 32°29′00″N 3°40′00″E / 32.4833°N 3.6667°E / 32.4833; 3.6667

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