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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Laghouat ((ラテン語:Dioecesis Laghuatensis)) is a Latin diocese covering the sparsely populated Saharan inland of Algeria, in North Africa. It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its episcopal see is the Pro-Cathedral in Ghardaïa, but it also had a former Cathedral (now secularized): Ex-church of Saint-Hilarion, in the eponymous city of Laghouat. == History == * Established on July 19, 1901 as Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Sahara and Sudan (now the Archdiocese of Bamako in present Mali), also a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction. * January 10, 1921: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa in the Sahara (or in Italian Ghardaïa nel Sahara * June 10, 1948: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ghardaïa in the Sahara, hence entitled to a titular bishop * On 1954.07.05, it lost western territory to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Spanish Sahara and Ifni (now of Western Sahara) * September 14, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Laghouat 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roman Catholic Diocese of Laghouat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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