Christianity is the religion of 6% (~ 25,000) of the population of

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 ...

(923,000 – July 2012 est.). Christians are mostly of

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and

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an ancestry. Most Christians are

Ethiopian Orthodox The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...

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. The constitution of Djibouti includes freedom of religion, although

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

is the state religion. There is a tolerant attitude between religions in general. Proselytizing by any faith in public is not allowed. Less than 2% of the Djiboutians are Christians, but many of the Ethiopians in Djibouti are Christians. Christianity came into Djibouti during Aksumite rule seems to have included a substantially larger region, possibly the coast from present-day Sudan to Djibouti.

Christian denominations

3.2% of the population are Orthodox. 0.07% to 1% of the population (about 4,767 persons) are

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. According to the ''

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'', among other denominations are the Eglise Protestante de Djibouti and the

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The Mennonite Mission is active in Djibouti. The Eglise Protestante Evangelique de Djibouti (known in English as the Protestant Church of Djibouti) was founded in 1960. It is active in the care for refugees, among other things. There is a Djibouti Parish of the

New Apostolic Church The New Apostolic Church (NAC) is a Christian denomination, Christian church that split from the Catholic Apostolic Church during an 1863 schism in Hamburg, Germany. The church has existed since 1863 in Germany and since 1897 in the Ne ...

. Djibouti is included in the Episcopal Area of the Horn of Africa of the

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, though there are no current congregations in the country.

Roman Catholicism

There are around 7,000 Catholics in Djibouti. The only Roman Catholic diocese there is 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 Evangelizat ...

, divided into five parishes. Just over 1% to 2% of the population are members of the diocese. Djibouti maintains diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

References and notes

External links

US State Dept. Report on Religious Liberty in Djibouti

{{DEFAULTSORT:Christianity In Djibouti Christianity in Djibouti,

Christian denominations

Roman Catholicism

See also

References and notes

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