The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangui is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bangui in the Central African Republic.
History
8 May 1909: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari from the Apostolic Vicariate of Upper French Congo 2 December 1937: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Oubangui Chari 28 May 1940: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Bangui 14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bangui
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame in Bangui.
Bishops
Ordinaries
Prefects Apostolic of Oubangui Chari (Roman rite) Fr. Pietro Cotel, C.S.Sp. 1909–1915 Fr. Giovanni Calloch, C.S.Sp. 1915–1927 Fr. Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. 2 May 1928 – 2 December 1937; see below Vicars Apostolic of Bangui (Roman rite) Bishop Marcel-Auguste-Marie Grandin, C.S.Sp. 2 December 1937 – 4 August 1947; see above Bishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. 9 April 1948 – 14 September 1955; see below Metropolitan Archbishops of Bangui (Roman rite) Archbishop Joseph Cucherousset, C.S.Sp. 14 September 1955 – 16 September 1970; see above Archbishop Joachim N’Dayen 16 September 1970 – 26 July 2003 Archbishop Paulin Pomodimo 26 July 2003 – 26 May 2009 (resigned) Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp. 14 May 2012–present; elevated to Cardinal in 2016
Coadjutor archbishop
Joachim N’Dayen (1968–1970)