Catholic Church in Mayotte

Last updated
Mayotte LocationMayotte.svg
Mayotte

The Catholic Church in Mayotte is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

The population of Mayotte is approximately 3% Catholic and other Christian denominations, with the majority of Mahorians being Sunni Muslim. [1]

Classification

Related Research Articles

Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu is the diocesan bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu in the United States, which encompasses the entire state of Hawaii and the unincorporated Hawaiian Islands. The Honolulu diocese is a suffragan see in the metropolitan province of the Archbishop of San Francisco. The Bishop of Honolulu is a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He has two ecclesiastical seats: the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace and the Co-Cathedral of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, both located in the City of Honolulu.

Apostolic vicariate

An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established. It is essentially provisional, though it may last for a century or more. The hope is that the region will generate sufficient numbers of Catholics for the Church to create a diocese. In turn, the status of apostolic vicariate is often a promotion for a former apostolic prefecture, while either may have started out as a mission sui iuris.

Catholic Church in Peru

The Catholic Church in Peru is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Peruvian Episcopal Conference.

Apostolic prefecture missionary area not yet developed enough to become a diocese

An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese. Although it usually has an (embryonal) see, it is often not called after such city but rather after a natural or administrative geographical area.

Catholic Church in Brunei

The Catholic Church in Brunei Darussalam is a part of the worldwide Catholic Church, in communion with the pope in Rome. The entire territory of the Church in Brunei is organised as an apostolic vicariate, under the leadership of a bishop.

Eritrean Catholic Church Metropolitan sui iuris Eastern particular church

The Eritrean Catholic Church is a Metropolitan sui iuris Eastern particular church headquartered in Asmara, Eritrea. It was established in 2015 by separation of its territory from that of the Ethiopian Catholic Church and the setting up in that territory of a new sui iuris metropolitan Eastern Catholic Church. It follows the Ge'ez form of the Alexandrian liturgical rite.

Catholic Church in Laos

The Catholic Church in Laos is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. The Catholic Church is officially recognized by the Lao Front for National Construction.

Catholic Church in Libya

The Catholic Church in Libya is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

Catholic Church in Myanmar

The Catholic Church in Myanmar is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are around 750,000 Catholics in Burma - approximately 1% of the total population. The country is divided into sixteen dioceses including three archdioceses. Each of the archdioceses is also a metropolitan.

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia

The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in the United Arab Emirates.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ambanja is a diocese located in the city of Ambanja in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Antsiranana in Madagascar. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Joseph, which was constructed in 1933.

Catholic Church in Ecuador Wikimedia list article

The Catholic Church in Ecuador comprises only a Latin hierarchy, united in a national episcopal conference, which comprises :

Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo diocese of the Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo is an exempt diocese located in the city of Oslo in Norway.

Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines

The Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Princesa is an Apostolic Vicariate in the Philippines. Within the Catholic Church hierarchy, it operates like a diocese and is headed by a titular bishop. Its episcopal see is the Immaculate Conception Cathedral-Parish in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. It is not a part of an ecclesiastical province as it is directly subject to the Holy See, yet for the purpose of apostolic cooperation usually grouped with the Archdiocese of Manila, along with the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Taytay. The Catholic Church in the Philippines is organized into 72 dioceses in 16 Ecclesiastical Provinces, as well as 7 Apostolic Vicariates and a Military Ordinariate.

The Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean is an agency of the Catholic Church which includes following Indian Ocean archipelagoes: Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Mayotte and Seychelles.

Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida apostolic vicariate

The Vicariate Apostolic of Inírida in the Catholic Church is located in the town of Inírida, Guainía in Colombia.

The Apostolic Vicariate of the Comoros Archipelago is a tiny Latin apostolic vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Indian Ocean between insular Madagascar and continental Africa, comprising the Comoros and Mayotte, with a church in each.

References

  1. "CIA World Factbook: Mayotte". Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2011.