Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat is the principal Latin-rite ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Morocco, overseeing pastoral and administrative activities for Catholics in and around the capital city.

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Label Occurrences
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic archdiocese
Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction
belongsTo Catholic Church in Morocco
capitalCityServed Rabat
cathedral Rabat Cathedral
surface form: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rabat
church Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
city Rabat
country Morocco
currentArchbishop Cristóbal López Romero
currentArchbishopTitle Archbishop of Rabat
currentOrdinary Cristóbal López Romero
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
elevatedToArchdiocese 1955
establishedAsApostolicVicariate 1923
exemptFrom any national episcopal conference
governs Latin-rite Catholic communities in its territory
hasCathedralTitle Cathedral of Saint Peter
hasEcclesiasticalProvince Ecclesiastical province of Rabat
hasJurisdictionOver parishes in and around Rabat
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.dioceserabat.org/
immediatelySubjectTo Holy See
jurisdictionType archdiocese
liturgicalTradition Roman Rite
locatedInContinent Africa
mainActivities administration of parishes
education and charitable works
pastoral care of Catholics
metropolitanSeeOf Ecclesiastical province of Rabat
missionaryTerritory yes
pastoralResponsibilityFor Catholics in and around Rabat
primaryCityInTerritory Casablanca
Fez
surface form: Fes

Marrakesh
Rabat
primaryLanguageUsed Arabic
English
French
Spanish
regionServed central Morocco
northern Morocco
rite Latin Rite
seeCity Rabat
servesMinorityCommunity Catholic minority in Morocco
subjectTo Holy See
suiIurisChurch Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church
territory central Morocco
northern Morocco excluding Tangier

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Rabat Cathedral affiliation Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat