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Catholic Church in Gibraltar
The Catholic Church in Gibraltar is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome. There are an estimated 23,000 baptised Catholics in Gibraltar, making up 86 per cent of the population.
Gibraltar is a single diocese immediately subject to the Holy See. The present incumbent is Bishop Charles Caruana .
The primary centre of Catholic worship in Gibraltar is the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned, but there are also six churches and a shrine.
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