Diocese of Nouakchott, Mauritania

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nouakchott / Nuakchotten(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1965.12.18: Established as Diocese of Nouakchott / Nuakchotten(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Saint-Louis du Sénégal and without ecclesiastical province)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.02.10 – ...):

Bishop Victor Ndione (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nouakchott (Roman Rite)

Bishop Victor Ndione (51)
(2024.02.10 – ...)

Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

Born:	1973.04.01 (Thiès, Senegal)
Ordained Priest:	2001.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.04.14

Priest of Thiès (Senegal) (2001.07.07 – 2014.03.19)

Priest of Nouakchott (Mauritania) (2014.03.19 – 2024.02.10)

Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania) (2024.02.10 – ...)

Bishop Martin Albert Happe, M. Afr. (79)
(1995.07.10 – 2024.02.10)

Bishop emeritus of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

Pax hominibus bonæ voluntatis

Born:	1945.11.15 (Sendenhorst, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.11.01

Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania) (1995.07.10 – 2024.02.10)

Bishop Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny, C.S.Sp.
(1973.12.21 – 1995.07.10)

Born:	1920.08.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1948.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.02.23
Died:	2011.06.11 († 90)

Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania) (1973.12.21 – 1995.07.10)

Archbishop Michel-Jules-Joseph-Marie Bernard, C.S.Sp.
(1966.01.15 – 1973.12.21)

Born:	1911.11.16 (Avranches, France)
Ordained Priest:	1938.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.06.30
Died:	1993.01.02 (Chevilly-Larue, France † 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Conakry (Guinea) (1950.03.12 – 1954.07.18)

Titular Bishop of Ægeæ (1950.03.12 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) (1954.07.18 – 1955.09.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brazzaville (Congo-Brazzaville) (1955.09.14 – 1964.05.02)

Titular Archbishop of Aræ in Mauretania (1964.05.02 – 1966.01.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Nouakchott (Mauritania) (1966.01.15 – 1973.12.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Joseph, Nouakchott

Western Sahara (↑), Laghouat (↗), Mopti (→), Ségou (↘), Kayes (↘), Tambacounda (↘), Saint-Louis du Sénégal (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,030,700 km²

Population: 4,048 Catholics (0.1% of 4,216,750 total)

Pastoral Centres: 5 parishes

Personnel: 9 priests (5 diocesan, 4 religious), 34 religious (6 brothers, 28 sisters)