The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat ( la, Archidioecesis Rabatensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...

of the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat on July 2, 1923, by Pope Pius XI, and promoted to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope Pius XII on September 14, 1955. La Cathédrale de Rabat

The archdiocese's

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and seat of its archbishop is St. Peter's Cathedral, Rabat.

Cristóbal López Romero Cristóbal López Romero (born 19 May 1952) is a Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Rabat since March 2018. He is a member of the Salesians and before becoming a bishop devoted himself to pastoral wor ...

, S.D.B. was appointed as the Archbishop of Rabat on December 29, 2017.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Rabat

# Victor Colomban Dreyer, O.F.M Cap. (1923–1927), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Canale di Suez , Egypt # Henri Vielle, O.F.M. (1927–1946) # Louis Lefèbvre, O.F.M. (1947–1955 ''see below'')

Archbishops of Rabat

# Louis Lefèbvre, O.F.M. (''see above'' 1955–1968) # Jean Chabbert, O.F.M. (1968–1982), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Perpignan-Elne, France # Hubert Michon (1983–2001) # Vincent Landel, S.C.J. (2001–2017) #

, S.D.B. (2017– present ) (Cardinal in 2019)

Coadjutor Archbishops

* Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. (1967-1968) * Vincent Louis Marie Landel, S.C.I. di Béth. (1999-2001)

Auxiliary Bishop

* Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. (1936-1946), resigned; (1957?-1959)

External links

Official website
Rabat Christian organizations established in 1923 Roman Catholic dioceses in Morocco Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Africa-RC-diocese-stub