Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire

ARCHDIOCESE OF POINTE-NOIRE (Archidioecesis Nigrirostrensis)

Country : Congo (Brazzaville)
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1890 as Apostolic Vicariate of Lower French Congo
Renamed 1907 to Apostolic Vicariate of Loango
Renamed 1949 to Apostolic Vicariate of Pointe-Noire
Elevated to Diocese in 1955
Elevated to Archdiocese in 2020

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire

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Arms of Bishops and Archbishops

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Antoine-Marie-Hippolyte Carrie (1890--1903)
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Jean Louis Joseph Derouet (1907-1914)
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Léon-Charles-Joseph Girod (1915-1919)
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Henri Friteau (1922-1946)
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Jean-Baptiste Victor Fauret (1947-1975)
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Godefroy-Emile Mpwati (1975-1988)
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Georges-Firmin Singha (1988-1993)
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Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe (1994-2011)
Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz (2013-present)

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