Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi

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Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi

Vicariatus Apostolicus Berenicensis

النيابة الرسولية بنغازي
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Location
Country Libya
MetropolitanImmediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area757,000 km2 (292,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
1,388,000
6,000 (0.4%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Current leadership
Apostolic Vicar Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M.

The Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi (Latin : Vicariatus Apostolicus Berenicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Libya.

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It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral, Benghazi Cathedral, is in the city of Benghazi.

History

Episcopal ordinaries

View of the Benghazi Cathedral about 1928 Benghazi, Victory st..jpg
View of the Benghazi Cathedral about 1928

So far all missionary members of the Friars Minor (O.F.M.)

Apostolic Vicars of Cirenaica
Apostolic Vicars of Benghazi
Apostolic Administrators



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