Catholic Church in Moldova (original) (raw)

Also known as: Moldawien (Deutsch), la Moldavie (français), Moldavia (español, Italiano), Mołdawia (polski), Moldávia (Português), Republica Moldova (română), 摩爾多瓦 (正體中文), モルドバ (日本語), Respublica Moldavica (latine)

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Cultural Summary

Religions: Orthodox 90.1%, other Christian 2.6%, other 0.1%, agnostic <.1%, atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.9%

Languages: Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% identify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2%

Ethnic Groups: Moldovan 75.1%, Romanian 7%, Ukrainian 6.6%, Gagauz 4.6%, Russian 4.1%, Bulgarian 1.9%, other 0.8%

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 33,851 km²

Catholic Population: 20,000 Catholics (0.6% of 3,541,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 2 other centres

Clergy: 1 bishop (diocesan), 26 priests (17 diocesan, 9 religious)

Non-Clergy: 31 religious (3 brothers, 28 sisters), 27 missionaries