N'Djamena, 15 January, 2026 / 4:45 pm (ACI Africa).
The planned 13th Plenary Assembly of members of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa Region (ACERAC) is being hailed as “a concrete exercise of synodality.”
The January 25 – February 1 meeting to be held in the Catholic Archdiocese of N’Djaména in Chad under the theme “The challenges of the Church, Family of God in Central Africa: thirty years after the publication of the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Africa” is to bring together Catholic Church leaders from across the region to foster communion, collaboration, and shared reflection.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, January 14, the Local Ordinary of N’Djaména provides details about the planned meeting and praises the mobilization of the faithful in preparing for the event.
“This gathering aims to be a time of reflection, dialogue, and hope, focusing on the life and mission of local Churches in the light of the 1994 document, which remains a guiding compass for the Church in Africa,” Archbishop Goetbé Edmond Djitangar says.
He says the meeting is to be “a significant moment of ecclesial communion, a concrete exercise of synodality, and a great time of listening, reflection, and hope for Central Africa.”
