Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo

Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo
Location
Country	Chad
Ecclesiastical province	Exempt, directly subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	540,000 km2 (210,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 2,121,000 5,312 (0.3%)
Parishes	6
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	2001
Cathedral	Cathédrale Saint-Ignace
Patron saint	Ignatius of Loyola
Secular priests	11
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
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The Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo is a Latin Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate in Sahel-country Chad.

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.

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 - ...)

See also

• Catholic Church in Chad

External links

• GCatholic with incumbent bio links