Catholic Church in Gibraltar

{{short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2017}} [[File:Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned, Gibraltar.jpg|thumb|Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned]] {{Catholic Church by country}} The '''Catholic Church in [[Gibraltar]]''' is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]]. There are an estimated 23,000 [[baptism|baptised]] Catholics in Gibraltar, making up 72 percent of the population.<ref>{{cite web |title=Census of Gibraltar 2012 |url=https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/new/sites/default/files/HMGoG_Documents/Full%20Census%20Report%202012%20FINAL.pdf |website=gibraltar.gov.gi |publisher=[[Government of Gibraltar]] |access-date=1 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412154240/https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/new/sites/default/files/HMGoG_Documents/Full%20Census%20Report%202012%20FINAL.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2016 |language=en-GI |date=28 June 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Gibraltar is [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Gibraltar|a single diocese]] led by the [[Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar|Bishop of Gibraltar]] and immediately subject to the [[Holy See]]. The incumbent, [[Carmelo Zammit]], who was [[Appointment of Catholic bishops|appointed]] Bishop of Gibraltar on 24 June 2016 and received [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|episcopal ordination]] on 8 September 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bheskett.html|title=Bishop Ralph Heskett [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> was installed there on 24 September 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/24769|title = StackPath| date=20 May 2014 }}</ref>

==Places of worship== The primary centre of Catholic worship in Gibraltar is the [[Cathedral]], but there are also six [[Church (building)|churches]] and a [[shrine]].

===Cathedrals=== * [[Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned]]

===Churches=== * [[St. Theresa's Parish Church]] * [[St. Paul's Church, Gibraltar|St. Paul's Parish Church]] * [[St. Joseph's Parish Church]] * [[St. Bernard's Church, Gibraltar|St. Bernard's Church]] * [[Sacred Heart Parish Church]] * [[Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Gibraltar|Our Lady of Sorrows Church]]

===Shrines=== * [[Shrine of Our Lady of Europe]]

==References==

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061210172042/http://www.catholicdiocese.gi/ Catholic Diocese in Gibraltar]

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