Yes, typically but Catholicism does have a long history in North Africa. The first Christian activity in Africa started in Egypt. Yet, at least outside the Islamic majority parts of northern Africa, the presence of the Catholic Church has recovered and grown in the modern era in Africa as a whole, one of the reasons being the
French colonization of several countries in Africa.Catholic Church membership rose from 2 million in 1900 to 140 million in 2000.In 2005, the Catholic Church in Africa, including
Eastern Catholic Churches, embraced approximately 135 million of the 809 million people in Africa. In 2009, when
Pope Benedict XVI visited Africa, it was estimated at 158 million. Most belong to the
Latin Church, but there are also millions of members of the Eastern Catholic Churches. By 2025, one-sixth (230 million) of the world's Catholics are expected to be Africans.