Roman Catholicism in Libya

Roman Catholicism in Libya





High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Church in Libya is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are around 50,000 Catholics in Libya -who are non-Libyans - less than 1% of the population. Among the Catholics are Italian Libyans and Maltese Libyans. Some thousands Philipphine catholic nurses moved to Libya during the 1980s and 1990s. The Italians were the majority of the catholics in Libya until their expulsion in 1969 by colonel Gaddafi. Christianity is present in Libya since Roman times. San Francis of Assisi brought his faith to Tripoli since the Middle Ages. The Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli (Our Lady of the Angels) in the Old City - Medina of Tripoli was founded in 1645 and, with the permission of the Sultan of Constantinople, the Church of the Immaculate Conception was founded in Benghazi in 1858.









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