Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat

Archdiocese of Rabat

*Archidioecesis Rabatensis*

Archidiocèse de Rabat
Archdiocese of Rabat; Archidioecesis Rabatensis; Archidiocèse de Rabat
Location
Country	Morocco
Territory	Rabat, northern Morocco
Statistics
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2014); 28,860,000; 21,000 (.1%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	14 September 1955
Cathedral	St. Peter's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Cristóbal López Romero S.D.B.
Vicar General	Daniel Nourissat
Bishops emeritus	Vincent Landel, S.C.I.
Map
Website
	www.dioceserabat.org

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.

St. Peter's Cathedral, Rabat

The archdiocese's mother church and seat of its archbishop is St. Peter's Cathedral, Rabat. Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. was appointed as the Archbishop of Rabat on December 29, 2017.

In January 26 1988, upon invitation of bishop Hubert Michon, two Trappist monks established a community of monks in Fez which later would move to Midelt and became the Priory of Our Lady of the Atlas.^[1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Rabat

Victor Colomban Dreyer, O.F.M Cap. (1923–1927), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez {Suez Canal}, Egypt
Henri Vielle, O.F.M. (1927–1946)
Louis Lefèbvre, O.F.M. (1947–1955 see below)

Archbishops of Rabat

Louis Lefèbvre, O.F.M. (see above 1955–1968)
Jean Chabbert, O.F.M. (1968–1982), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Perpignan-Elne, France
Hubert Michon (1983–2001)
Vincent Landel, S.C.J. (2001–2017)
Cristóbal López Romero, S.D.B. (2017– present ) (Cardinal in 2019)

Coadjutor Archbishops

Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. (1967-1968)
Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth. (1999-2001)

Auxiliary Bishop

Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. (1936-1946), resigned; (1957?-1959)

References

↑ Flachaire, Jean-Pierre (2006). "Le monastère Notre Dame de l'Atlas au Maroc" (PDF). Collectanea Cisterciensia. 68: 1–18. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

External links

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[Flachaire-1] Flachaire, Jean-Pierre (2006). "Le monastère Notre Dame de l'Atlas au Maroc" (PDF). Collectanea Cisterciensia. 68: 1–18. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

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