Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadishu

Diocese of Mogadishu

*Dioecesis Mogadiscensis*
Diocese of Mogadishu; Dioecesis Mogadiscensis
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)
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadishu (Latin: Mogadiscen(sis)) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church located in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia. The area of the diocese coincides with that of the country. It is the only diocese in Somalia. The see has been vacant since the assassination of the last bishop, Salvatore Colombo, in 1989. The diocese is a member of the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions.

History

In the pre-independence period, British Somaliland was under the care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia, like the Apostolic Vicariate of the Galla (including French Somaliland as well as its Ethiopian main territory) confided to the Order of Friars Cappuccini. Italian Somaliland was from 1904 the "Prefecture Apostolic of Benadir", and entrusted to the ancient Trinitarian Order. In 1927, it was promoted to Apostolic Vicariate.