Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu

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Apostolic vicariate Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction

The Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu is a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction in Somalia, centered in the capital Mogadishu and directly subject to the Holy See.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu canonical	2
Apostolic Prefecture of Benadir	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apostolic vicariate ⓘ Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction ⓘ
affiliation	Roman Catholic Church in Somalia ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church in Somalia
borderingEcclesiasticalJurisdiction	Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (across the Gulf of Aden) ⓘ Ethiopian Catholic jurisdictions (to the west) ⓘ
capital	Mogadishu ⓘ
cathedral	Mogadishu Cathedral (ruins) ⓘ surface form: Cathedral of Mogadishu
cathedralStatus	ruined / non-functional due to civil conflict ⓘ
clergyPresence	very small ⓘ
country	Somalia ⓘ
currentStatus	vacant see (apostolic administrator appointed) ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
dependentOn	Dicastery for the Evangelization ⓘ surface form: Dicastery for Evangelization
ecclesiasticalProvince	exempt (directly subject to the Holy See) ⓘ
elevatedTo	Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu self-link ⓘ
elevatedToVicariate	1927 ⓘ
established	1904 ⓘ
establishedAs	Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apostolic Prefecture of Benadir
governedBy	apostolic vicar when the see is filled ⓘ
governingAuthority	Pope ⓘ
hasApostolicAdministrator	Bishop of Djibouti (in recent decades) ⓘ
hasNoSuffraganDioceses	true ⓘ
hasWebsite	no official dedicated website (information via Holy See and Catholic directories) ⓘ
historicalContext	created during Italian colonial presence in Somalia ⓘ
immediatelySubjectTo	Holy See ⓘ
jurisdictionType	missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction ⓘ
laityPresence	very small Catholic community ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Latin ⓘ
languageOfPastoralCare	English ⓘ Italian ⓘ Somali ⓘ
liturgicalCalendar	Roman calendar ⓘ
locatedIn	East Africa ⓘ Horn of Africa ⓘ
majorityReligionInTerritory	Islam ⓘ
metropolitanSee	none (exempt jurisdiction) ⓘ
minorityReligionInTerritory	Christianity ⓘ
pastoralSituation	extremely limited due to insecurity and persecution ⓘ
primaryCity	Mogadishu ⓘ
primaryMission	evangelization in its territory ⓘ pastoral care of Catholics in Somalia ⓘ
region	mission territories of the Catholic Church ⓘ
rite	Roman Rite ⓘ
seat	Mogadishu ⓘ
securityContext	affected by Somali civil war ⓘ
subjectToCanonLaw	Code of Canon Law (1983) ⓘ
subordinateTo	Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches ⓘ surface form: Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches
suiIurisChurch	Latin Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
territory	Somalia ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mogadishu Cathedral (ruins) → diocese → Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu ⓘ

Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu → establishedAs → Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apostolic Prefecture of Benadir

Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu → elevatedTo → Apostolic Vicariate of Mogadishu self-link ⓘ