Roman Catholicism in Mauritania (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Roman Catholic Church in Mauritania is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are only around 4,500 Catholics in Mauritania, an overwhelmingly Islamic country, and the country forms a single diocese - the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nouakchott. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nouakchott (Latin: Nuakchotten(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Nouakchott in Mauritania. A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop, it is divided into parishes. An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance. The archbishop may have metropolitan authority over any other (then 'suffragan') bishops and their dioceses within his ecclesiastical province.