Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti
Diocese of Djibouti Dioecesis Gibutensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Djibouti |
| Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 23,000 km2 (8,900 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 747,000 5,000 (0.9%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral, Djibouti |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jamal Khader Daibes |
| Bishops emeritus | Giorgio Bertin, OFM |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti (
.It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the
Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
.
Its cathedral, Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral (French: Marian Cathédrale de Notre-Dame du Bon-Pasteur) is located in the national capital, Djibouti City.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 5,000 Catholics (0.6% of 850,000 total) on 23,200 km2 in 5 parishes and a mission with 4 diocesan priests and 29 lay religious (1 brother, 28 sisters).
History
- Established on 28 April 1914, as Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadiscio covering all modern Somalia)
- Promoted on 14 September 1955, as Diocese of Djibouti.
Ordinaries
(all
Roman rite
and so far members of missionary Latin congregations)
- Apostolic Prefects of Djibouti
- Friar Pasquale da Luchon, OFMCap (1914 – death 1923)
- Fr. Marcelliano da La Guerche, OFMCap (22 October 1937 – death 1945)
- Fr. Henri-Bernardin Hoffmann, OFMCap (28 September 1945 – 14 September 1955 see below)
- Exempt Bishops of Djibouti
- Henri-Bernardin Hoffmann, OFMCap (see above 14 September 1955 – death 21 March 1979)
- Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, MAfr (28 March 1980 – retired 3 July 1987); later Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria, another former French colony) (4 February 1991 – death 1 June 2004)
- Apostolic Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of Harar (Ethiopia) (1982 – resigned 21 November 1992)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadiscio(Somalia) (1990– 13 January 2024)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadiscio(Somalia) (13 January 2024 - present)
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Djibouti