Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi

The Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Berenicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Libya.

Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi

Vicariatus Apostolicus Berenicensis

النيابة الرسولية بنغازي
Location
CountryLibya
MetropolitanImmediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area757,000 km2 (292,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
1,388,000
6,000 (0.4%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Current leadership
Apostolic VicarSandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M.

It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. Its cathedral, Benghazi Cathedral, is in the city of Benghazi.

History

Episcopal ordinaries

View of the Benghazi Cathedral about 1928

So far all missionary members of the Friars Minor (O.F.M.)

Apostolic Vicars of Cirenaica
Apostolic Vicars of Benghazi
  • Candido Domenico Moro, O.F.M. (see above June 22, 1939 – 1950)
  • Ernesto Aurelio Ghiglione, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Gauriana (July 5, 1951 – June 8, 1964)
  • Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Babra (January 11, 1965 – March 10, 1997)
  • Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Saldæ (March 10, 1997 – February 14, 2016)
  • Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M. (July 16, 2023 - )
Apostolic Administrators
  • George Bugeja, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of San Leone, Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli (February 14, 2016 – December 8, 2019)
  • (Father) Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M. (December 8, 2019 - July 16, 2023)



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