Diocese of

Laghouat

Algeria Algeria

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Laghouat (français) / Laghouat–Ghardaïa / Sahara / Laghouat (English) / Laghuaten(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.03.16 – ...):Bishop John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. (75)Bishop John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Laghouat (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. (75)Bishop John Gordon MacWilliam, M. Afr. (75)
(2017.03.16 – ...)

Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria)

Servas ut duces

Born:1948.11.20 (Wimbledon, England)
Ordained Priest:1992.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:2017.05.20

Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria) (2017.03.16 – ...)

Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. (83)Bishop Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, M. Afr. (83)
(2004.10.26 – 2017.03.16)

Bishop emeritus of Laghouat (Algeria)

Dieu nous aime

Born:1940.11.28 (Poilley, France)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2004.12.16

Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria) (2004.10.26 – 2017.03.16)

Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (2012.11.21 – 2015.03.07)

Fr. Michel Larbubu, M. Afr.
(Apostolic Administrator 2004.04.29 – 2004.10.26)

Bishop Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr.
(1991.02.04 – 2004.06.01)

Born:1933.03.23 (Québec, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1956.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:1980.05.04
Died:2004.06.01 († 71)

Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti) (1980.03.28 – 1987.07.03)

Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria) (1991.02.04 – 2004.06.01)

Bishop Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr.
(1968.01.11 – 1989.06.25)

Born:1924.07.04 (France)
Ordained Priest:1950.02.01
Consecrated Bishop:1968.05.19
Died:1989.06.25 († 64)

Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria) (1968.01.11 – 1989.06.25)

Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr.
(1955.09.14 – 1968.01.11)

Born:1902.08.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:1928.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:1948.12.08
Died:1991.08.27 († 89)

Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Algeria) (1941 – 1948.06.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Algeria) (1948.06.10 – 1955.09.14)

Titular Bishop of Celerina (1948.06.21 – 1955.09.14)

Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria) (1955.09.14 – 1968.01.11)

Titular Bishop of Furnos minor (1968.01.11 – 1976.10.13)

Vicars Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr.
(1948.06.10 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Roman Rite)

Fr. Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. (later Bishop)
(1941 – 1948.06.10)

(see above)

Fr. Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, M. Afr.
(1921.01.10 – 1941)

Born:1878.10.18 (France)
Ordained Priest:1902.06.29
Died:1941 († 63)

Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria) (1919.04.08 – 1921.01.10)

Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara (Algeria) (1921.01.10 – 1941)

Prefects Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Roman Rite)

Fr. Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, M. Afr.
(1919.04.08 – 1921.01.10)

(see above)

Fr. Louis David
(1916 – 1919)

Born: (France)
Died:1919

Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria) (1916 – 1919)

Fr. Henry Bardou
(1911 – 1916)

Born: (France)
Died:1916

Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria) (1911 – 1916)

Fr. Charles Guérin
(1901 – 1910)

Born:1878 (France)
Died:1910 († 32)

Prefect Apostolic of Ghardaïa (Algeria) (1901 – 1910)

Cardinal Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie
(Apostolic Administrator 1891.03.13 – 1892.11.25)

Special Churches

Nouakchott (↙), Oran (↖), Alger–Iulia Caesarea (↑), Constantine (↗), Tunis (→), Tripoli (↘), Maradi (↓), Mopti (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,107,708 km²

Population: 2,240 Catholics (0.0% of 5,292,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 14 priests (2 diocesan, 12 religious), 42 religious (19 brothers, 23 sisters)

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