Diocese of Djibouti
Diocese of Djibouti | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Djibouti |
Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
Diocesan bishop | Giorgio Bertin OFM |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Georges Perron OFMCap |
Vicar General | Sandro De Pretis |
founding | 1914 |
surface | 23,200 km² |
Parishes | 5 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Residents | 850,000 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics | 5,000 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
proportion of | 0.6% |
Diocesan priest | 1 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Religious priest | 2 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,667 |
Friars | 2 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 28 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
Arabic French |
cathedral | Notre-Dame du Bon-Pasteur |
address | Eveche Boulevard de la Republique BP 94 Djibouti Rep. De Djibouti |
The Diocese of Djibouti ( Latin : Dioecesis Gibutensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Djibouti .
It was detached from the Apostolic Vicariate Galla on April 28, 1914 and established as the Apostolic Prefecture . On September 14, 1955, the Apostolic Prefecture of Djibouti was elevated to an immediate diocese.
Apostolic Prefect of Djibouti
- 1914-1923: Pasquale da Luchon , OFMCap
- October 22, 1937 - 1945: Marcelliano da La Guerche , OFMCap
- September 28, 1945 - September 14, 1955: Henri Alfred Bernardin Hoffmann , OFMCap
Bishops of Djibouti
- September 14, 1955 - March 21, 1979: Henri Alfred Bernardin Hoffmann , OFMCap
- March 28, 1980 - July 3, 1987: Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon , MAfr
- November 21, 1992 to March 13, 2001: Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron , OFMCap
- since March 13, 2001: Giorgio Bertin , OFM
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Djibouti on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Diocese of Djibouti on gcatholic.org (English)