Roman Catholic Diocese 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, also a pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction.
• Renamed on January 10, 1921 as Apostolic Prefecture of Ghardaïa in the Sahara
• Promoted on June 10, 1948 as Apostolic Vicariate of Ghardaïa in the Sahara, hence entitled to a titular bishop
• On July 5, 1954, it lost western territory to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Spanish Sahara and Ifni
• Promoted on September 14, 1955 as Diocese of Laghouat.

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Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Ghardaïa

• Cardinal Charles Lavigerie
• Charles Guérin
• Henry Bardou
• Louis David
• Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, MAfr ; see below

  Apostolic Prefects of Ghardaïa nel Sahara

• Gustave-Jean-Marie Nouet, MAfr ; see above
• Georges-Louis Mercier, MAfr ; see below

  Apostolic Vicar of Ghardaïa nel Sahara

• Georges-Louis Mercier, MAfr ; see above & below

  Bishops of Laghouat

1. Georges-Louis Mercier, MAfr ; see above
2. Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, MAfr
3. Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, MAfr
4. *Michel Larbubu, MAfr
5. Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, MAfr
6. John MacWilliam, MAfr