The Catholic Church in Namibia is part of the

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under the universal, direct jurisdiction of the supreme

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, the Bishop of Rome and the Catholic world, the

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. As of 2024, there were 693,000 Catholics in

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

, about 22.8% of the total population; there were 101 priests and 452 nuns serving across 99 parishes. The country is divided into two dioceses, including one

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together with an

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. The

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is Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda.

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Archdiocese of Windhoek
Catholic-hierarchy.org * https://stmarysnam.com/ official website

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