Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malabo is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.

History

• 1855.10.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Annobon, Corisco and Fernando Poo Islands from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia in Gabon
• 1904.05.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Fernando Poo
• 1966.05.03: Promoted as Diocese of Santa Isabel
• 1974.04.14: Renamed as Diocese of Malabo
• 1982.10.15: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Malabo

Leadership

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Malabo (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Ildefonso Obama Obono since 1991.07.09
  • Archbishop Rafael María Nze Abuy, C.M.F. 1982.10.21 – 1991.07.07
• Bishops of Malabo (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Vicente Bernikon 1974.05.09 – 1976.09.14
  • Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. 1974.04.14 – 1974.05.09
• Bishops of Santa Isabel (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. 1966.05.03 – 1974.04.14
• Vicars Apostolic of Fernando Poo (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Francisco Gómez Marijuán, C.M.F. 1957.11.14 – 1966.05.03
  • Bishop Leoncio Fernández Galilea, C.M.F. 1935.06.18 – 1957.02.15
  • Bishop Nicolás González Pérez, C.M.F. 1918.08.24 – 1935.03.23
  • Bishop Pedro Coll Armengol, C.M.F. 1904.05.10 – 1918.04.21

Suffragan Diocese

• Bata
• Ebebiyin

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Equatorial Guinea
• Roman Catholic dioceses in Equatorial Guinea

Source

• GCatholic.org