The Apostolic Vicariate of Makokou is the last
Roman Catholic
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missionary
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jurisdiction in
Gabon
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,
Equatorial Africa
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, as the rest of the country forms the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
Metropolitan Archbishop
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of Libreville. The
vicariate is directly under authority of the
Holy See
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and its
Dicastery for Evangelization
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.
Its episcopal seat is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires, devoted to
Our Lady of Victory
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, in
Makokou, the regional capital of the
Ogooué-Ivindo province in northern Gabon.
History
On 19 March 2003, it was established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Makokou, on territory split off from the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyem
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.
On 11 July 2014, it was promoted to the status of an
Apostolic Vicariate,
which is normally led by a
titular bishop
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.
Ordinaries
; Apostolic Prefect of Makokou
* Father Joseph Koerber,
C.S.Sp.
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(19 March 2003
[ – 11 July 2014)][
; Apostolic Vicars of Makokou
* Joseph Koerber, C.S.Sp. (11 July 2014][ – 6 January 2022),][ – present)
]
References
Apostolic vicariates
Makokou
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