Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown
The Archdiocese of Freetown (Latin: Archidioecesis liberae Urbis ) is a location in Sierra Leone Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Freetown.
History
Pope Pius IX. founded the Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone on April 13, 1858 from the Vicariate Apostolic of territory of the two Guineas and Senegambias. With the Apostolic Constitution Laeto accepimus it was raised on 18 April 1950 for the diocese and took the name of the diocese of Freetown and Bo.
With the bull Quantum bonuses it was collected on 11 November 1970 at the rank of Metropolitanerzbistums. On January 15, 2011, the Archdiocese was divided into the Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo the diocese.
Parts of its territory it lost in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Sierra Leone
- Melchior -Marie- Joseph de Marion - Brésillac SMA (13 April 1858-25. June 1859 )
- John Joseph O'Gorman CSSp (9 November 1903-23 . September 1932 )
- Bartholomew Stanley Wilson CSSp (23 May 1933-16. April 1936 )
- Ambrose Kelly CSSp (18 May 1937-18. April 1950 )
Bishops of Freetown and Bo
- Ambrose Kelly CSSp (18 April 1950-12. February 1952 )
- Thomas Joseph Brosnahan CSSp (11 December 1952-11. November 1970 )
Archbishops of Freetown and Bo
- Thomas Joseph Brosnahan CSSp (11 November 1970-4. September 1980)
- Joseph Henry Ganda (4 September 1980-22. March 2007)
- Edward Tamba Charles (15 March 2008-15. January 2011)
Archbishop of Freetown
- Edward Tamba Charles ( since 15 January 2011)