Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alger

Archdiocese of Alger
Archidioecesis Algeriensis

Map of the Archdiocese of Alger
Location
Country Algeria
Ecclesiastical province Alger
Metropolitan Algiers
Statistics
Area 54,701 km2 (21,120 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
10,585,000
1,530 (0.0%)
Information
Rite Roman
Established August 10, 1838 (1838-08-10)
Cathedral Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger, Algiers
Secular priests 45
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader
Archbishop of Alger
Metropolitan Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader
Website
Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger
The basilica of Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers

The Archdiocese of Alger or Algiers (Latin: Archidioecesis Algeriensis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.

History

Special churches

La Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger (Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers) a concrete Modernist church, was built in 1956. It became a cathedral in 1962, replacing the French colonial Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers, when that 1612 building was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque. The Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers was established by converting the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1845, but was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1962. There is also a Minor Basilica at the Basilique de Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers.

Leadership

Suffragan dioceses

See also

Source

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

Coordinates: 36°46′03″N 3°03′16″E / 36.7674°N 3.0544°E / 36.7674; 3.0544

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