Diocese of Constantine Dioecesis Constantinianus |
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Map of the Diocese of Constantine
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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%) |
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Rite | Roman |
Established | July 25, 1866 |
Cathedral | Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Sept-Douleurs, Constantine |
Secular priests | 16 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sede vacante |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges |
Website | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Constantine (Latin: Dioecesis Constantinianus) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.
July 25, 1866: Established as Diocese of Constantine from the Diocese of Algiers.
Diocese of Hippo (since 1867.09.23)
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).
Coordinates: 36°52′54″N 7°44′42″E / 36.8817°N 7.7451°E