Diocese of

Port-Gentil

Gabon Gabon

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Port-Gentil / Portus Gentil(is) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Libreville

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.01.12 – ...):Bishop EuzĂ©bius Chinekezy Ogbonna Managwu (65)Bishop EuzĂ©bius Chinekezy Ogbonna Managwu (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Port-Gentil (Roman Rite)

Bishop Euzébius Chinekezy Ogbonna Managwu (65)Bishop Euzébius Chinekezy Ogbonna Managwu (65)
(2016.01.12 – ...)

Bishop of Port-Gentil (Gabon)

Born:1959.12.13 (N’Djamena, Chad)
Ordained Priest:1992.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:2016.04.03

Priest of Libreville (Gabon) (1992.11.01 – 2016.01.12)

Bishop of Port-Gentil (Gabon) (2016.01.12 – ...)

Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan (64)Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.01.19 – 2016.01.12)

Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan (64)Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan (64)
(2003.03.19 – 2013.01.19)

Bishop of Mouila (Gabon)

Born:1960.07.06 (Mbigou, Gabon)
Ordained Priest:1991.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:2000.05.07

Priest of Mouila (Gabon) (1991.12.29 – 2000.02.17)

Titular Bishop of Zallata (2000.02.17 – 2003.03.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Libreville (Gabon) (2000.02.17 – 2003.03.19)

Bishop of Port-Gentil (Gabon) (2003.03.19 – 2013.01.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Port-Gentil (Gabon) (2013.01.19 – 2016.01.12)

Bishop of Mouila (Gabon) (2013.01.19 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Gabon (2014.07.11 – 2022.11.04)

First Vice-President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (2016.07.24 – 2019.07.19)

Special Churches

SĂŁo TomĂ© e PrĂ­ncipe (↖), Libreville (↑), Mouila (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,890 kmÂČ

Population: 79,260 Catholics (55.7% of 142,280 total)

Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes

Personnel: 19 priests (13 diocesan, 6 religious), 18 religious (7 brothers, 11 sisters), 7 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.04.02

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