Roman Catholicism in Algeria
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The Roman Catholic Church in Algeria is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.
The country is divided into four dioceses including one archdiocese. When Algeria was a French colony, there were over one million Catholics in the country, but most of these left upon independence. In recent years, there has been a rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the country and Catholics have been subjected to persecution, culminating in the 1996 murder of a Pierre Claverie, bishop of Oran[1] There are now only around 83,000 Catholics left in the country.
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After more than a century of ruling by France, Algerians fought through much of the 1950s to achieve independence in 1962.When Algeria was French colony, there were over one million Catholics in the country, but most of these left upon independence.
