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590:(12 March 2020 - present), previously bishop of Franceville
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375:(1842.10.03 – 1844.03.02), emeritus as Titular Bishop of
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18:Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas and Senegambia
633:Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
359:Apostolic Prefects of Two Guineas and Senegambia
331:Lost territory on 29 May 1969 to establish the
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692:List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Gabon
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665:Roman Catholic Diocese of Franceville
628:(1960–1969), appointed Bishop of Oyem
292:Apostolic Vicariate of Congo français
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260:Apostolic Vicariate of Sierra Leone
27:Roman Catholic archdiocese in Gabon
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451:Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy
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280:Apostolic Prefecture of Cimbebasia
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306:Apostolic Prefecture of Cameroun
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422:Apostolic Vicar of Two Guineas
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658:ecclesiastical province
180:Ecclesiastical province
347:Diocese of Port-Gentil
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467:Titular Archbishop
428:Jean-René Bessieux
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199:Assumption of Mary
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