Diocese of Djibouti
Gibuten(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Djibouti
The Diocese of Djibouti is an exempt Latin Catholic see in Djibouti, directly subject to the Holy See. It was established as an apostolic prefecture in 1914 and raised to a diocese in 1955, with about 5,262 Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 September 1955
- Latin
- Gibuten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001310
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,262
- Population
- 747,000
- Catholic share
- 0.7%
- Priests
- 3
- Catholics per priest
- 1,754
- Extent
- 23,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jamal Khader
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral stands in Djibouti, 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
The sole Latin diocese in the country of Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, bears the Latin name Gibuten(sis). It is exempt, answering directly to the Holy See through its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Our Lady of the Good Shepherd Cathedral (French: Marian Cathédrale de Notre-Dame du Bon-Pasteur) stands in the national capital, Djibouti City.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché, Boulevard de la République, B.P. 94, Djibouti, Rép. de Djibouti
- Telephone
- 21.35.01.40; fax 21.35.48.31
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].