Catholic Church in Morocco

By Type (2)

By Rite

Roman Rite (2): Rabat, Tánger

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Apostolic Nunciature: Morocco

Conference of Bishops: Conférence Episcopale Régionale du Nord de l’Afrique (C.E.R.N.A.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)

Documents and Celebrations

Papal Visits

2019.03.30 – 2019.03.31: Apostolic Journey to Morocco
1985.08.19: Apostolic Journey to Morocco

Geography

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Capital: Rabat

Area: 446,300 km²

Population: 33,986,655

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Western Sahara , ↖ Portugal , ↑ Gibraltar , ↑ Spain , → Algeria

Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim 99% (official; virtually all Sunni, <0.1% Shia), other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i); note - Jewish about 6,000

Languages: Arabic (official), Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit), French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy)

Ethnic Groups: Arab-Berber 99%, other 1%

Motto: Allāh, al Waṭan, al Malik (Arabic) (God, Homeland, King)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 446,550 km²

Catholic Population: 25,000 Catholics (0.1% of 36,313,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Clergy: 4 bishops (1 diocesan, 3 titular), 51 priests (19 diocesan, 32 religious)

Non-Clergy: 147 religious (11 brothers, 136 sisters), 5 members of secular institutes (sisters), 1 major seminarian, 7 missionaries, 83 catechists

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Seminarians

Lay Missionaries

Catechists

Catholic Church

in

Kingdom of Morocco (Morocco)