The Catholic Church in Djibouti is part of the worldwide

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, under the spiritual leadership of the

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. There are around 5,000 Catholics and five Catholic parishes all over the country - just less than 1% of the total population.catholic-hierarchy.org
/ref> The country forms a single, exempt diocese - the

Diocese of Djibouti The Roman Catholic Diocese of Djibouti ( la, Gibuten(sis)) is the Latin sole diocese in the country of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. It is exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See and its missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangeliza ...

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* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/djib0.htm

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

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