Western Sahara Apostolic Prefecture
| Western Sahara Apostolic Prefecture | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sahara Arab Democratic Republic |
| Apostolic Prefect | Mario León Dorado OMI |
| surface | 250,000 km² |
| Parishes | 2 (2004) |
| Residents | 400,000 (2004) |
| Catholics | 110 (2004) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Religious priest | 3 (2004) |
| Catholics per priest | 37 |
| Friars | 3 (2004) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| cathedral | Francis of Assisi Cathedral |
| address | Mision Catolica BP 31 70001 Laayoune Sahara Occidental |
The Apostolic Prefecture of Western Sahara ( lat. : Apostolica de praefectura Sahara Occidentali ) is in Western Sahara located Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture , located in El Aaiun .
The Apostolic Prefecture Sahara Occidental was founded on July 5, 1954 under the name of Apostolic Prefecture Spanish Sahara and Ifni from areas of the Apostolic Vicariate Rabat and the Diocese of Canary Islands and changed this name to Spanish Sahara (Sahara Español) on May 2, 1970 . On May 2, 1976, the current name of the Apostolic Prefecture of Western Sahara was adopted .
The 250,000 km² mission area , which is looked after by the Oblates , has its headquarters in El Aaiún . In 1976 there were still 365 Catholics in this area, the number fell to 100 by 2002. However, the number of religious priests has remained stable at 3, as has the number of parishes with 2. Félix Erviti Barcelona was the first prefect . He was followed in 1994 by Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez , who died in 2011. On June 24, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Mario León Dorado OMI as the new prefect after a long vacancy .
See also
Web links
- Entry on Apostolic Prefecture of Western Sahara on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 21, 2017.
- Homepage of the Apostolic Prefecture Sahara Occidental