Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alger
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Archdiocese of Algiers Archidioecesis Algeriensis |
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Map of the Archdiocese of Algiers
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| Location | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Ecclesiastical province | Algiers |
| Metropolitan | Algiers |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 54,701 km2 (21,120 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 10,585,000 1,530 (0.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Roman |
| Established | August 10, 1838 |
| Cathedral | Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger, Algiers |
| Secular priests | 45 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop |
Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges Archbishop of Algiers |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges |
| Website | |
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The Archdiocese of Algiers (Latin: Archidioecesis Algeriensis) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.
La Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger (Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers) a concrete Modernist church, was built in 1956. It became a cathedral in 1962, replacing the French colonial Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers, when that 1612 building was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque. The Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers was established by converting the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1845, but was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1962. There is also a Minor Basilica at the Basilique de Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers.
Coordinates: 36°46′03″N 3°03′16″E / 36.7674°N 3.0544°E
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