Roman Catholic Diocese of Laghouat
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Laghouat is a Roman Catholic diocese, covering the sparsely populated Saharan inland of Algeria.
It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, and depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The bishops' seat is the pro-cathedral in Ghardaïa. The former cathedral is the now-deconsecrated church of Saint Hilarion, in the city of Laghouat.History
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,200 Catholics on 2,107,708 km² in 10 parishes with 15 priests, 46 lay religious .Ordinaries
- Georges-Louis Mercier, MAfr ; see above
- Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, MAfr
- Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, MAfr
- *Michel Larbubu, MAfr
- Claude Jean Narcisse Rault, MAfr
- John MacWilliam, MAfr