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	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges Bishop of Constantine
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader
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).

Leadership

• Bishops of Constantine
  • Bishop Félix-Joseph-François-Barthélemy de Las Cases (January 12, 1867 (1867-01-12) – August 29, 1870 (1870-08-29))
  • Bishop Joseph-Jean-Louis Robert (February 27, 1872 (1872-02-27) – July 15, 1878 (1878-07-15))
  • Archbishop Prosper Auguste Dusserre (July 31, 1878 (1878-07-31) – February 27, 1880 (1880-02-27))
  • Bishop François-Charles-Marie Gillard (February 27, 1880 (1880-02-27) - September 29, 1880 (1880-09-29))
  • Archbishop Barthélemy Clément Combes (February 17, 1881 (1881-02-17) – June 15, 1893 (1893-06-15))
  • Bishop Ludovic-Henri-Marie-Ixile Julien-Laferrière (January 29, 1894 (1894-01-29) – August 12, 1896 (1896-08-12))
  • Bishop Jules-Etienne Gazaniol (October 13, 1896 (1896-10-13) – May 22, 1913 (1913-05-22))
  • Bishop Jules-Alexandre-Léon Bouissière (May 26, 1913 (1913-05-26) – September 10, 1916 (1916-09-10))
  • Bishop Amiel-François Bessière (January 2, 1917 (1917-01-02) – October 3, 1923 (1923-10-03))
  • Bishop Emile-Jean-François Thiénard (March 24, 1924 (1924-03-24) – October 26, 1945 (1945-10-26))
  • Cardinal Léon-Étienne Duval (November 3, 1946 (1946-11-03) – February 3, 1954 (1954-02-03))
  • Bishop Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier (March 27, 1954 (1954-03-27) – January 31, 1970 (1970-01-31))
  • Bishop Jean Baptiste Joseph Scotto (August 19, 1970 (1970-08-19) – March 25, 1983 (1983-03-25))
  • Bishop Gabriel Jules Joseph Piroird, Ist. del Prado (March 25, 1983 (1983-03-25) – November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21))
  • Bishop Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges, S.J. (since November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21))

Sources

The Cathedral in Constantine, 1894

• GCatholic.org
• Diocese of Constantine website

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Constantine.

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Constantine (Cirta).

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