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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers

Archdiocese of Algiers
Archidioecesis Algeriensis
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Map of the Archdiocese of Algiers
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 (1838-08-10)
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.

This list contains men, living and deceased, who were priests of the Archdiocese of Algiers before becoming bishops in other dioceses.

Coordinates: 36°46′03″N 3°03′16″E / 36.7674°N 3.0544°E / 36.7674; 3.0544


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