The Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Berenicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Libya.
Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi Vicariatus Apostolicus Berenicensis النيابة الرسولية بنغازي | |
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Location | |
Country | Libya |
Metropolitan | Immediately exempt to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 757,000 km2 (292,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 1,388,000 6,000 (0.4%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Current leadership | |
Apostolic Vicar | Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M. |
It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral, Benghazi Cathedral, is in the city of Benghazi.
So far all missionary members of the Friars Minor (O.F.M.)