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Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo
Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Chad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo is a Latin Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate in Sahel-country Chad.[1]
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It is immediately exempt to the Holy See, specifically the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and is not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Ignace, dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola (founder and patron saint of the Society of Jesus), in the episcopal see of Mongo, in Guéra.
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History
The jurisdiction was established on 1 December 2001 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mongo from territory split off from the metropolitan Archdiocese of N'Djaména and from the Diocese of Sarh.
It was promoted on 3 June 2009 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo, and is administered by a titular bishop who acts as ordinary.
Ordinaries
- Apostolic Prefect of Mongo
- Henry Coudray, S.J. (1 December 2001 – 3 June 2009 see below)
- Apostolic Vicars of Mongo
- Henry Coudray, S.J. (see above 3 June 2009 – 14 December 2020), Titular Bishop of Silli (3 June 2009 – ... )
- Philippe Abbo Chen, N.D.V. (14 December 2020 - ...)
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