Diocese of

Port Victoria

Seychelles Seychelles

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Port Victoria / Seychelles / Portus Victoriæ (Latin) / Seychellarum (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Antsiranana (↙), Mogadishu (↖)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.02.21 – ...):Bishop Landry Philippe Rasamison, O.F.M. Cap. (53)Bishop Landry Philippe Rasamison, O.F.M. Cap. (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Port Victoria (Roman Rite)

Bishop Landry Philippe Rasamison, O.F.M. Cap. (53)Bishop Landry Philippe Rasamison, O.F.M. Cap. (53)
(2026.02.21 – ...)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

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Born:1972.05.03 (Ambanja, Madagascar)
Ordained Priest:2000.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:2026.04.12

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (2026.02.21 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Alain Harel (75)Bishop Jean-Baptiste Alain Harel (75)
(2020.09.10 – 2026.02.21)

Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles)
former President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean

Vous êtes le sel de la terre et la lumière du monde

Born:1950.06.24 (Quatre Bornes, Mauritius)
Ordained Priest:1978.09.03
Consecrated Bishop:2002.12.08

Priest of Port-Louis (Mauritius) (1978.09.03 – 2002.10.11)

Titular Bishop of Forconio (2002.10.11 – 2020.09.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Rodrigues (Mauritius) (2002.10.11 – 2020.09.10)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2012.09.09 – 2020)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (2020.09.10 – 2026.02.21)

President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2022 – 2026.02.21)

Bishop Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. (85)Bishop Denis Wiehe, C.S.Sp. (85)
(2002.06.01 – 2020.09.10)

Bishop emeritus of Port Victoria (Seychelles)

Souffle où Tu veux

Born:1940.05.21 (Curepipe, Mauritius)
Ordained Priest:1969.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:2001.08.15

Coadjutor Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (2001.04.24 – 2002.06.01)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (2002.06.01 – 2020.09.10)

President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean (2006.05.15 – 2012.09.09)

Bishop Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J.
(1995.03.03 – 2002.06.01)

Born:1927.04.05 (Chantenay, France)
Ordained Priest:1960.09.07
Consecrated Bishop:1995.06.25
Died:2012.09.08 (Paris, France † 85)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1995.03.03 – 2002.06.01)

Bishop Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry (83)Bishop Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 1994 – 1995.03.03)

Bishop Félix Paul
(1975.03.17 – 1994.05.30)

With one heart

Born:1935.08.02 (Port Victoria, Seychelles)
Ordained Priest:1960.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1975.07.25
Died:2001.11.21 († 66)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1975.03.17 – 1994.05.30)

Fr. Gervais Aeby, O.F.M. Cap.
(Apostolic Administrator 1972 – 1975.03.17)

Bishop Marcel Olivier Maradan, O.F.M. Cap.
(1937.06.17 – 1972.10.06)

Born:1899.10.11 (Ecuvillens, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:1925.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:1937.12.06
Died:1975.02.05 (Lausanne, Switzerland † 75)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1937.06.17 – 1972.10.06)

Bishop Aloys Ernest Joye, O.F.M. Cap.
(Apostolic Administrator 1936.06.04 – 1937.06.17)

Bishop Aloys Ernest Joye, O.F.M. Cap.
(1934.01.09 – 1936.06.04)

Born:1880.04.13 (Montagny-le-Ville, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:1912.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:1933.11.30
Died:1962.10.04 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Ceramus (1933.05.31 – 1934.01.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1933.05.31 – 1934.01.09)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1934.01.09 – 1936.06.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1936.06.04 – 1937.06.17)

Titular Bishop of Raphia (1936.06.04 – 1962.10.04)

Bishop Louis-Justin Gumy, O.F.M. Cap.
(1921.03.10 – 1934.01.09)

Born:1866.11.12 (Avry-sur-Matran, France)
Ordained Priest:1892.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:1921.09.18
Died:1941.04.27 (Fribourg, Switzerland † 74)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1921.03.10 – 1934.01.09)

Titular Bishop of Olba (1934.01.09 – 1941.04.27)

Bishop Georges-Jean-Damascène Lachavanne, O.F.M. Cap.
(1916.04.13 – 1920.07.24)

Born:1849.11.28 (Vovray-en-Bornes, France)
Ordained Priest:1873.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:1916.11.05
Died:1920.07.24 († 70)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1916.04.13 – 1920.07.24)

Bishop Bernardine Thomas Edward Clark, O.F.M. Cap.
(1910.06.18 – 1915.09.26)

Born:1856.11.26 (London, England)
Ordained Priest:1881?
Consecrated Bishop:1902.06.01
Died:1915.09.26 (Port Victoria, Seychelles † 58)

Titular Bishop of Tingis (1902.03.21 – 1910.06.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1902.03.21 – 1910.06.18)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1910.06.18 – 1915.09.26)

Bishop Marc Hudrisier, O.F.M. Cap.
(1892.07.14 – 1910.01.06)

Born:1848.07.27 (Faverges, France)
Ordained Priest:1873.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:1890.10.28
Died:1910.01.06 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Teos (1890.09.02 – 1892.07.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Seychelles (Seychelles) (1890.09.02 – 1892.07.14)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1892.07.14 – 1910.01.06)

Vicars Apostolic of Seychelles (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marc Hudrisier, O.F.M. Cap.
(1890.09.02 – 1892.07.14)

(see above)

Fr. Edmond Alfred Dardel, O.F.M. Cap.
(1889.08.23 – 1890.03.21 not possessed)

Born:1825.10.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:1849
Died:1890.03.21 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Zaraï (1889.08.23 – 1890.03.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Seychelles (Seychelles) (1889.08.23 – 1890.03.21 not possessed)

Bishop Charles-Jacques Mouard, O.F.M. Cap.
(1882.08.08 – 1888.08.08)

Born:1828.11.22 (Sombernon, France)
Ordained Priest:1855.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:1882.10.29
Died:1890.06.14 († 61)

Vicar Apostolic of Seychelles (Seychelles) (1882.08.08 – 1888.08.08)

Titular Bishop of Cydonia (1882.09.15 – 1888.08.08)

Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan) (1888.08.08 – 1890.06.14)

Bishop Symphorien Jean-Pierre-Ignace Galfione, O.F.M. Cap.
(1880.08.30 – 1881.12.19)

Born:1815.05.19 (Villafranca, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1838?
Consecrated Bishop:1880.09.19
Died:1881.12.19 († 66)

Prefect Apostolic of Seychelles (Seychelles) (1863 – 1880.08.30)

Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis (1880.08.30 – 1881.12.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Seychelles (Seychelles) (1880.08.30 – 1881.12.19)

Prefects Apostolic of Seychelles (Roman Rite)

Fr. Symphorien Jean-Pierre-Ignace Galfione, O.F.M. Cap. (later Bishop)
(1863 – 1880.08.30)

(see above)

Fr. Léon des Avanchers
(1855 – 1863)

Born:1825
Died:1879.08.02 († 53)

Prefect Apostolic of Seychelles (Seychelles) (1855 – 1863)

Fr. Jérémie de Paglietta
(1853 – 1855)

Prefect Apostolic of Seychelles (Seychelles) (1853 – 1855)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (18)

Antsiranana (↙), Mogadishu (↖)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 455 km²

Population: 68,488 Catholics (69.0% of 99,258 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes

Personnel: 26 priests (7 diocesan, 19 religious), 1 deacon, 75 religious (28 brothers, 47 sisters), 5 seminarians

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