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Yet, at least outside the Islamic majority parts of Northern Africa, the presence of the Catholic Church has grown in the modern era, in Africa as a whole, one of the reasons being the French colonization of several countries in Africa. [1] Catholic Church membership rose from 2 million in 1900 to 140 million in 2000. [2] In 2005, the Catholic ...
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The Catholic hierarchy of South Africa is entirely Latin, composed of five ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archbishop, with a total of 20 suffragan South African dioceses and an exempt pre-diocesan apostolic vicariate, as well as three suffragans (two dioceses, one apostolic vicariate) from below-mentioned neighbor states (fellow former British colonies).
The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome ()." [2] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. [2]
Caritas Middle East and North Africa; Catholic Church in Algeria; Catholic Church in the Central African Republic; Catholic Church in Chad; Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus; Comboni Missionary Sisters; Catholic Church in the Comoros; Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions; Catholic Church in the Republic of the Congo
This is a list of Roman Catholic missions in Africa. Augustinians of the Assumption; Carmelites; Catholic Medical Mission Board; Catholic Missions of Africa Kenya; Catholic Near East Welfare Association; Catholic Relief Services; Catholic World Missions; Columban Missions; Cross International Catholic Outreach; Franciscan Missions
The Catholic Church in Tanzania is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are more than 23 million Catholics in the country, nearly one third of the total population.
The Catholic Church in South Africa is part of the worldwide Catholic Church composed of the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, of which the South African church is under the spiritual leadership of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference and the pope in Rome.