Catholic Church
in
Libya
Catholic ChurchinLibya | |
Also known as: Libyen (Deutsch), la Libye (français), Libia (español, Italiano, polski), Líbia (Português), 利比亞 (正體中文), リビア (日本語), Libya (latine)
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Apostolic Nunciature: Libya 
Conference of Bishops: Conférence Episcopale Régionale du Nord de l’Afrique (C.E.R.N.A.) 
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)
Saints: 12 Saints
Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Capital: Tripoli
Area: 1,759,540 km²
Population: 6,653,210
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Niger 
, ← Algeria 
, ↖ Tunisia 
, → Egypt 
, ↘ Sudan 
, ↓ Chad 
Religions: Muslim (official; virtually all Sunni) 96.6%, Christian 2.7%, Buddhist 0.3%, Hindu <0.1%, Jewish <0.1%, folk religion <0.1%, unafilliated 0.2%, other <0.1%
Languages: Arabic (official), Italian, English (all widely understood in the major cities); Berber (Nafusi, Ghadamis, Suknah, Awjilah, Tamasheq)
Ethnic Groups: Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians)
Area: 1,759,540 km²
Catholic Population: 16,000 Catholics (0.2% of 7,007,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes, 4 mission stations (without resident priest), 3 other centres
Clergy: 1 bishop (titular), 6 priests (religious)
Non-Clergy: 8 religious (sisters), 21 catechists
Last updated on 2023.11.30
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