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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 30 May, the Holy Father erected the Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, at the same time elevating the diocese in question to a metropolitan Church; it will have as suffragan Churches the dioceses of Dolisie and Nkayi, and has appointed Bishop Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B., of Pointe- Noire, as metropolitan archbishop.
The new Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo will have as suffragans the dioceses of Dolisie and Nkayi. It will also be called the Ecclesiastical Province of the South-West. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 1/6/2020)
