Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire, Congo-Brazzaville

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Pointe-Noire / Nigrirostren(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Dolisie, Nkayi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1865: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Congo (from Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda and Apostolic Vicariate of Deux Guinées)
1886.06.04: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Congo français (français) / French Congo (English) / Congo Francese (Italiano) (lost territory to Diocese of São Paulo de Loanda and Apostolic Vicariate of Deux Guinées)
1890.10.14: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bas-Congo français (français) / Lower French Congo (English) / Congo Francese Inferiore (Italiano) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Haut-Congo français)
1907.04.22: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Loango / de Loango (Latin)
1949.01.20: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Pointe-Noire / Nigrirostren(sis) (Latin)
1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Pointe-Noire / Nigrirostren(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Brazzaville)
1983.12.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nkayi
2020.05.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire / Nigrirostren(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Dolisie and Nkayi)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.01.06 – ...):

Archbishop Abel Liluala (60)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Pointe-Noire (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Abel Liluala (60)
(2024.01.06 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1964.04.23 (Cabinda, Congo-Kinshasa)
Ordained Priest:	1994.02.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.02.24

Priest of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (1994.02.06 – 2024.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (2024.01.06 – ...)

Archbishop Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. (76)
(2020.05.30 – 2024.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

Ut unum sint

Born:	1948.05.09 (Pamplona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.04.28

Apostolic Administrator of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (2011.03.31 – 2013.02.22)

Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (2013.02.22 – 2020.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (2020.05.30 – 2024.01.06)

Bishops of Pointe-Noire (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. (76) (later Archbishop)
(2013.02.22 – 2020.05.30)

(see above)

Fr. Miguel Angel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. (76) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.03.31 – 2013.02.22)

Bishop Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe (70)
(1994.12.19 – 2011.03.31 deposed)

Bishop emeritus of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)

La paix par Dieu

Born:	1954.05.13 (Pointe-Noire, Congo-Brazzaville)
Ordained Priest:	1983.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.04.22

Priest of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (1983.07.03 – 1994.12.19)

Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (1994.12.19 – 2011.03.31 deposed)

Bishop Georges-Firmin Singha
(1988.09.01 – 1993.08.18)

Born:	1925.05.23 (Congo-Brazzaville)
Ordained Priest:	1956.10.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.08.06
Died:	1993.08.18 († 68)

Bishop of Owando (Congo-Brazzaville) (1972.05.23 – 1988.09.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Congo (1981 – 1986)

Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (1988.09.01 – 1993.08.18)

Bishop Godefroy-Emile Mpwati
(1975.06.05 – 1988.09.01)

Born:	1928.04.13 (Congo-Brazzaville)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.12.07
Died:	1995.08.10 († 67)

Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (1975.06.05 – 1988.09.01)

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari (1988.09.01 – 1995.08.10)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp.
(1955.09.14 – 1975.06.05)

Born:	1902.10.08 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1926.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.05.29
Died:	1984.09.14 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Araxa (1947.02.13 – 1955.09.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (1947.02.13 – 1955.09.14)

Bishop of Pointe-Noire (Congo-Brazzaville) (1955.09.14 – 1975.06.05)

Vicars Apostolic of Pointe-Noire (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Fauret, C.S.Sp.
(1947.02.13 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of Loango (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henri Friteau, C.S.Sp.
(1922.03.22 – 1946.04.04)

Born:	1884.12.31 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1910.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.08.06
Died:	1956.05.17 († 71)

Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville) (1922.03.22 – 1946.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Iabruda (1922.03.22 – 1956.05.17)

Bishop Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod, C.S.Sp.
(1915.01.13 – 1919.12.13)

Born:	1871.04.16 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1896.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.06.06
Died:	1919.12.13 († 48)

Titular Bishop of Obba (1915.01.13 – 1919.12.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville) (1915.01.13 – 1919.12.13)

Bishop Louis-Jean-Joseph Derouet, C.S.Sp.
(1907.01.02 – 1914.03.04)

Born:	1866.01.31 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1890.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.02.03
Died:	1914.03.04 († 48)

Titular Bishop of Camachus (1907.01.02 – 1914.03.04)

Vicar Apostolic of Loango (Congo-Brazzaville) (1907.01.02 – 1914.03.04)

Vicars Apostolic of Bas-Congo français (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp.
(1890.10.14 – 1903.11)

Born:	1842.02.10 (Proprières, France)
Ordained Priest:	1867.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1886.10.24
Died:	1904.10.13 († 62)

Vicar Apostolic of Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville) (1875.01.11 – 1886.06.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville) (1886.06.08 – 1890.10.14)

Titular Bishop of Dorylæum (1886.06.08 – 1904.10.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Bas-Congo français (Congo-Brazzaville) (1890.10.14 – 1903.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Congo français (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp.
(1886.06.08 – 1890.10.14)

(see above)

Bishop-elect Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie, C.S.Sp.
(1875.01.11 – 1886.06.08)

(see above)