Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monrovia

Archdiocese of Monrovia

*Archidioecesis Monroviensis*
Archdiocese of Monrovia; Archidioecesis Monroviensis
Location
Country	Liberia
Ecclesiastical province	Monrovia
Statistics
Area	6,168 sq mi (15,980 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2013); 2,058,000; 140,705 (6.8%)
Parishes	30
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 April 1903
Secular priests	27 (2013)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gabriel Blamo Jubwe
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The Archdiocese of Monrovia (Archidioecesis Monroviensis) is

Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo). Until Saturday, February 12, 2011, the Archdiocese of Monrovia had been headed by Michael Kpakala Francis, who had been Monrovia's archbishop since its elevation in 1981, but Vatican Information Service (VIS) stated that he resigned that day for reasons of age and was succeeded immediately by his Coadjutor Archbishop, Lewis Jerome Zeigler

.

According to church statistics, the percentage of Catholics under the archdiocese has risen to 8.2% of the total population in 2004 out of a total of approximately 1.6 million people. The

Diocese of Gbarnga

was created from it in 1986.

Father Jean Ogé, SMA (3 January 1911 – 16 November 1931)
Father John Collins, SMA (26 February 1932 – 9 April 1934); see below

Vicar Apostolic of Liberia

John Collins, SMA (9 April 1934 – 2 February 1950); see above & below

Vicars Apostolic of Monrovia

John Collins, SMA (2 February 1950 – 20 December 1960); see above
Francis Carroll, SMA (20 December 1960 – 28 October 1976); concurrent with this, became nuncio in 1961 and titular archbishop in 1964
Michael Kpakala Francis (28 October 1976 – 19 December 1981); see below