Diocese of

Djibouti

Djibouti

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Djibouti / Gibuten(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1914.04.28: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Djibouti / Gibuten(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Galla)
1925.02.13: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Galla
1955.09.14: Promoted as Diocese of Djibouti / Gibuten(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.01.13 – ...):

Bishop Jamal Khader Daibes (60)

Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Djibouti (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jamal Khader Daibes (60)
(2024.01.13 – ...)

Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti)
Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia)

Misericordia et veritas

Born:	1964.07.03 (Zababdeh, Palestine)
Ordained Priest:	1988.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.05.06

Priest of Jerusalem (Palestine) (1988.07.08 – 2022.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Patara (2022.03.11 – 2024.01.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine) (2022.03.11 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti) (2024.01.13 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia) (2024.01.13 – ...)

Bishop Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M. (78)
(2001.03.13 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop emeritus of Djibouti (Djibouti)
former Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia)

Born:	1946.12.28 (Galzignano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.05.25

Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu (Somalia) (1990.04.29 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti) (2001.03.13 – 2024.01.13)

Bishop Georges Perron, O.F.M. Cap.
(1992.11.21 – 2001.03.13)

Born:	1925.01.12 (Chemillé, France)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.03.14
Died:	2021.05.06 (Angers, France † 96)

Apostolic Administrator of Harar (Ethiopia) (1981.07.03 – 1987.07.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Djibouti (Djibouti) (1987.07.03 – 1992.11.21)

Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti) (1992.11.21 – 2001.03.13)

Fr. Georges Perron, O.F.M. Cap. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1987.07.03 – 1992.11.21)

Bishop Michel-Joseph-Gérard Gagnon, M. Afr.
(1980.03.28 – 1987.07.03)

Born:	1933.03.23 (Québec, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1956.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.04
Died:	2004.06.01 († 71)

Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti) (1980.03.28 – 1987.07.03)

Bishop of Laghouat (Algeria) (1991.02.04 – 2004.06.01)

Bishop Henri-Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap.
(1955.09.14 – 1979.03.21)

Born:	1909.09.24 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1935.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.08.04
Died:	1979.03.21 († 69)

Prefect Apostolic of Djibouti (Djibouti) (1945.09.28 – 1955.09.14)

Bishop of Djibouti (Djibouti) (1955.09.14 – 1979.03.21)

Prefects Apostolic of Djibouti (Roman Rite)

Fr. Henri-Bernardin Hoffmann, O.F.M. Cap. (later Bishop)
(1945.09.28 – 1955.09.14)

(see above)

Fr. Marcelliano da La Guerche, O.F.M. Cap.
(1937.10.22 – 1945)

Died:

1945

Prefect Apostolic of Djibouti (Djibouti) (1937.10.22 – 1945)

Fr. Pasquale da Luchon, O.F.M. Cap.
(1914 – 1923)

Died:

1923

Prefect Apostolic of Djibouti (Djibouti) (1914 – 1923)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale de Notre-Dame du Bon-Pasteur, Djibouti, Djibouti

Addis Abeba (←), Mogadishu (↘), Harar (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 23,200 km²

Population: 5,400 Catholics (0.6% of 942,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 5 parishes

Personnel: 3 priests (diocesan), 22 religious (22 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.03.17

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