Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo
The Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo is a Latin Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate in Sahel-country Chad.
It is immediately exempt to the Holy See, specifically the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and is not part of any ecclesiastical province.
Its cathedral is the Cathédrale Saint-Ignace, dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, in the episcopal see of Mongo, in Guéra.
History
The jurisdiction was established on 1 December 2001 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Mongo from territory split off from the metropolitan Archdiocese of N'Djaména and from the Diocese of Sarh.It was promoted on 3 June 2009 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo, and is administered by a titular bishop who acts as ordinary.
Ordinaries
;Apostolic Prefect of Mongo;Apostolic Vicars of Mongo
- Henry Coudray, S.J., Titular Bishop of Silli
- Philippe Abbo Chen, N.D.V.