Diocese of Mogadishu
Dioecesis Mogadiscensis
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| Country | Somalia |
| Metropolitan | Subject to the Holy See |
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| Area | 637,657 km2 (246,201 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 10,428,043 100 (0.0002%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Mogadishu Cathedral |
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| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jamal Khader Daibes (apostolic administrator) |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadishu (Latin: Mogadiscen(sis)) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church located in the city of Mogadishu, Somalia. The area of the diocese coincides with that of the country. It is the only diocese in Somalia. The see has been vacant since the assassination of the last bishop, Salvatore Colombo, in 1989. The diocese is a member of the Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions.
In the pre-independence period, British Somaliland was under the care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia, like the Apostolic Vicariate of the Galla (including French Somaliland as well as its Ethiopian main territory) confided to the Order of Friars Cappuccini. Italian Somaliland was from 1904 the "Prefecture Apostolic of Benadir", and entrusted to the ancient Trinitarian Order. In 1927, it was promoted to Apostolic Vicariate.
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