Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine

Diocese of Constantine
Dioecesis Constantinianus
Map of the Diocese of Constantine
Location
Country  Algeria
Ecclesiastical province Alger
Metropolitan Constantine
Statistics
Area 110,522 km2 (42,673 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
12,643,000
1,000 (0.0%)
Information
Rite Roman
Established July 25, 1866 (1866-07-25)
Cathedral Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs, Constantine
Secular priests 16
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Sede vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges
Website

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine (Latin: Dioecesis Constantinianus) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.

History

July 25, 1866: Established as Diocese of Constantine from the Diocese of Algiers.

United titles

Diocese of Hippo (since 1867.09.23)

Special churches

The seat of the bishop is Cathedral the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs in Constantine. There is a Minor Basilica at the Basilique Saint Augustin in Annaba (Hippo).

Ordinaries

Bishops of Constantine

  1. Félix-Joseph-François-Barthélemy de Las Cases (January 12, 1867 – August 29, 1870)
  2. Joseph-Jean-Louis Robert (February 27, 1872 – July 15, 1878)
  3. Prosper Auguste Dusserre (July 31, 1878 – February 27, 1880)
  4. François-Charles-Marie Gillard (February 27, 1880 - September 29, 1880)
  5. Barthélemy Clément Combes (February 17, 1881 – June 15, 1893)
  6. Ludovic-Henri-Marie-Ixile Julien-Laferrière (January 29, 1894 – August 12, 1896)
  7. Jules-Etienne Gazaniol (October 13, 1896 – May 22, 1913)
  8. Jules-Alexandre-Léon Bouissière (May 26, 1913 – September 10, 1916)
  9. Amiel-François Bessière (January 2, 1917 – October 3, 1923)
  10. Emile-Jean-François Thiénard (March 24, 1924 – October 26, 1945)
  11. Léon-Étienne Duval (November 3, 1946 – February 3, 1954)
  12. Paul Pierre Pinier (March 27, 1954 – January 31, 1970)
  13. Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto (August 19, 1970 – March 25, 1983)
  14. Gabriel Piroird, IdP (March 25, 1983 – November 21, 2008)
  15. Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. (since November 21, 2008 - December 24, 2016)

Sources

The Cathedral in Constantine, 1894

Coordinates: 36°52′54″N 7°44′42″E / 36.8817°N 7.7451°E / 36.8817; 7.7451

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