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

[edit] Caractheristics

There are around 40,000 Catholics in Libya -who are non-Libyans - less than 1% of the population. Among the Catholics are Italian Libyans and Maltese Libyans. The Italians were the majority of the catholics in Libya until their expulsion in 1969 by colonel Gheddafi.

There are no dioceses in Libya, but there are four territorial jurisdictions - three Apostolic Administrations and one Apostolic Prefecture.

• Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi
• Apostolic Vicariate of Derna
• Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli
• Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata

[edit] See Also

• Italian Libyans

[edit] External Link

• History of the Catholic Church in Libya

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