Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo
The Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo is a Latin Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate in Sahel-country Chad.
Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Chad |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 540,000 km2 (210,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2014) 2,121,000 5,312 (0.3%) |
| Parishes | 6 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2001 |
| Cathedral | Cathédrale Saint-Ignace |
| Patron saint | Ignatius of Loyola |
| Secular priests | 11 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
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It is immediately exempt to the Holy See, specifically the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and is not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Ignace, dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola (founder and patron saint of the Society of Jesus), in the episcopal see of Mogo, in Guéra.
History
The jurisdiction was established on 1 December 2001 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mongo from territory split off from the metropolitan Archdiocese of N'Djaména and from the Diocese of Sarh.
It was promoted on 3 June 2009 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo, and is administered by to a titular bishop who acts as ordinary.
Ordinaries
- Apostolic Prefect of Mongo
- Henry Coudray, S.J. (2001.12.01 – 2009.06.03 see below)
- Apostolic Vicars of Mongo
- Henry Coudray, S.J. (see above 2009.06.03 – ... ), Titular Bishop of Silli (2009.06.03 – ... )