Apostolic vicariate Benghazi, Libya
Diocese of Benghazi
Berenicen(sis)
Latin Church
The Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi is a Latin Church missionary jurisdiction covering eastern Libya, erected in 1927 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Cyrenaica and renamed in 1939. It is immediately subject to the Holy See and led by Apostolic Vicar Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M., since 2023.
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- Established
- 1927
- Catholics
- 6,000
- Priests
- 5
- Territory
- 757,000 km²
Parishes and churches
3 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Former CathedralBenghazi · CathedralView parish
- Former ChurchAl-MarjView parish
- Old Church MamilaUmar al MukhtarView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M.
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The cathedral
Benghazi Cathedral stands in Benghazi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Libya's Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Berenicensis) is a Latin Church territory answering immediately to the Holy See, belonging to no ecclesiastical province. Benghazi Cathedral, in the city of Benghazi, serves as its cathedral.