Catholic Church in Libya (original) (raw)

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)

Celebrations

Geography

Cultural Summary

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)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

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