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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Malabo

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
2,034 km²

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
10 October 1855

Metropolitan Archbishop
  
Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé

Country
  
Equatorial Guinea

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo

Cathedral
  
St. Elizabeth's Cathedral, Malabo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.

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History

  • 1855.10.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia in Gabon
  • 1904.05.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fernando Poo
  • 1966.05.03: Promoted as Diocese of Santa Isabel
  • 1974.04.14: Renamed as Diocese of Malabo
  • 1982.10.15: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malabo

    • Vicars Apostolic

    1. Armengol Coll y Armengol, CMF (August 1890 – 21 April 1918)
    2. Nicolás González y Pérez, CMF (24 August 1918 – 23 March 1935)
    3. Leoncio Fernández Galilea, CMF (18 June 1935 – 15 February 1957)
    4. Francisco Gómez Marijuán, CMF (14 November 1957 – 3 May 1966)

    Bishops and Archbishops of Malabo

    1. Francisco Gómez Marijuán, CMF (3 May 1966 – 9 May 1974)
    2. Vicente Bernikon (9 May 1974 – 14 September 1976)
    3. Rafael María Nze Abuy, CMF (21 October 1982 – 7 July 1991)
    4. Ildefonso Obama Obono (9 July 1991 – 11 February 2015)
    5. Juan Nsue Edjang Mayé (11 February 2015 – )

    Suffragan dioceses

  • Bata
  • Ebebiyin

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo Wikipedia
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