Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tunis

Archdiocese of Tunis

Latin: Archidioecesis Tunetanus

Arabic: أبرشية تونس
French: Archidiocèse de Tunis
St Vincent de Paul Cathedral in Tunis
Location
Country Tunisia
Statistics
Area62,632 sq mi (162,220 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics

11,568,760 (2020)[1]
30,440 (2020)[1] (0.3%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSt Vincent de Paul
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Archbishop electNicolas Lhernould
Bishops emeritusIlario Antoniazzi

The Archdiocese of Tunis is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Tunis, Tunisia. It was founded on 10 November 1884 under the name "Archdiocese of Carthage", with territory corresponding to that of the then French protectorate of Tunisia. On 9 July 1964, it became a territorial prelature under the ecclesiastical title of Prelature of Tunis. It was made a diocese, keeping the name of Tunis, on 31 May 1995, and raised to the rank of archdiocese on 22 May 2010.[2]

The Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul is the cathedral of the archdiocese of Tunis.

  1. ^ a b "Archdiocese of Tunis". Catholic Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. 2023.
  2. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 759