The Latin Bishop of Gibraltar is the ordinary of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gibraltar The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gibraltar is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The Latin name for the diocese is ''Dioecesis Gibraltariensis''. About twenty priests and nine ...

, covering the

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, which is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the

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, not part of any

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, nor is it part of any (Spanish or British)

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. The

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's episcopal seat (

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) is located in the

Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Crowned ( es, Catedral de Santa María la Coronada) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Gibraltar. It is the primary centre of Catholic worship in the Diocese of Gibraltar. History 15th century The original build ...

. The diocese also has a National Shrine of Our Lady of Europe. The incumbent, the

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Carmelo Zammit, who was appointed Bishop of Gibraltar on 24 June 2016 and received

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on 8 September 2016, was installed there on 24 September 2016. Lacking independence, the tiny territory (governed as

, but claimed by Spain) had no diplomatic relations, so no papal diplomatic representation.

History

* Established on 25 January 1816 as Apostolic Vicariate of Gibraltar (''Gibilterra in Curiate Italian'', Latin adjective ''Gibraltarien(sis)''), on territory split off from the Spanish Diocese of Cádiz * Promoted to the Diocese of Gibraltar on 19 November 1910.

Statistics

As per 2014 it pastorally served 23,495 Catholics (79.8% of 29,431 total) on 6 km² in 5 parishes with 8 priests (7 diocesan, 1 religious) and 2 lay religious (1 brother, 1 sister).

Episcopal Catholic Ordinaries

Apostolic Vicars of Gibraltar

Exempt Bishops of Gibraltar

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic with Google map & - satellite photo
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