Diocese of Mogadishu Dioecesis Mogadiscensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Somalia |
Metropolitan | Subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 10,428,043 100 (0.0002%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Mogadishu Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jamal Khader Daibes (apostolic administrator) |
Map | |
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