Denomination Roman Catholic Established 14 September 1955 Country Morocco | Rite Roman Rite Cathedral St. Peter's Cathedral | |
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Territory Rabat, southern Morocco Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2014)
28,860,000
21,000 (.1%) Archbishop Vincent Louis Marie Landel | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat (Latin: Archidioecesis Rabatensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Morocco. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat on July 2, 1923 by Pope Pius XI, and promoted to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on September 14, 1955.
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The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus the seat of its archbishop is St. Peter's. Vincent Landel, SCI was appointed Archbishop of Rabat on May 5, 2001.
Vicars Apostolic of Rabat
- Victor Colombanus Dreyer, OFM Cap. (1923 – 1927)
- Henri Vielle, OFM (1927 – 1946)
- Louis Lefèbvre, OFM (1947 – 1955)
Archbishops of Rabat
- Louis Lefèbvre, OFM (1955 – 1968)
- Jean Chabbert, OFM (1968 – 1982)
- Hubert Michon (1983 – 2001)
- Vincent Landel, SCI (2001 – )
References
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