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The Diocese of Port-Louis (Latin: Portus Ludovici; French: Diocèse de Port-Louis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius.
Mauritius Diocese of Port-Louis on Mauritius (also covers the British Indian Ocean Territory) Apostolic Vicariate of Rodrigues, covering part of Mauritius; Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion on and for Réunion; Diocese of Port Victoria on and for the Seychelles; Apostolic Vicariate of Archipel des Comores, on the Comoros, also for Mayotte.
The Catholic Church in Mauritius is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the 2011 census, Catholics made up 26% of the total population (324,811 people). [1] Later figures stated that they made up 21.34% of the population in 2020. [2]
on and for all Mauritius: Diocese of Port-Louis; in Morocco: Archdiocese of Rabat; Archdiocese of Tanger; on and for all the French territory Réunion: Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion; in Nigeria: Maronite Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa, with cathedral see Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, in Ibadan, Oyo state
St. Louis Cathedral [1] (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis de Port-Louis, Mauritian Creole: Katedral Sin Lwi) [2] is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Port Louis, Mauritius, [3] the seat of the bishop of Port-Louis. [4] Several churches have been built in succession at this location.
The Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches in North America and Central America comprise 14 episcopal conferences, which together include 100 ecclesiastical provinces, each of which is headed by a metropolitan archbishop.
When a diocese is suppressed or when the diocesan see is transferred to another location, the title of the former see becomes available for assignment to a titular bishop or, in the case of an archdiocese, a titular archbishop or an archbishop ad personam. The Vatican resurrected the names of many former sees of the United States in the 1990s ...
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