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The '''Catholic Church in Namibia''' is part of the [[Catholic Church]] under the universal, direct jurisdiction of the supreme [[Vicar of Christ]], the [[Bishop of Rome]] and the Catholic world, the [[Pope]].
As of 2024, there were 693,000 Catholics in [[Namibia]], about 22.8% of the total population;<ref>[https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/namibia Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08]</ref> there were 101 priests and 452 nuns serving across 99 parishes.
The country is divided into two dioceses, including one [[Archdiocese of Windhoek|archdiocese]] together with an [[Apostolic Vicariate]]. The [[archbishop]] is [[Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda]].
==See also== *[[Religion in Namibia]] *[[List of Catholic dioceses in Namibia]]
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==Sources== * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dwind.html Archdiocese of Windhoek] Catholic-hierarchy.org [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]] * https://stmarysnam.com/ official website
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