TheCatholic Church inMali is part of the worldwide Catholic Church (particularly theLatin Church), under the spiritual leadership of thePope inRome.
In 2020, it was estimated that Christians made up 2.35% of the country's population;[1] over half of these were Catholic. However, other figures suggested that Catholics made up 2.54% of the country, or almost half a million people.[2]
In the same year, there were 177 priests and 275 nuns serving across 48 parishes.[3]
There are seven dioceses in Mali; six are Roman Rite and one belongs to the Maronite Church.[4]
Jean Zerbo is the first cardinal from Mali;[5] he was raised to the rank of cardinal at aconsistory on 28 June 2017. He was previously the Archbishop of Bamako.[6]
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