Catholic Church in Malta (original) (raw)

Also known as: Malte (français), Malta (Deutsch, español, Italiano, polski, Português, Malti), 馬耳他 (正體中文), マルタ (日本語), Melita (latine)

Celebrations

Documents and Celebrations

Papal Visits

• 2022.04.02 – 2022.04.03: Apostolic Journey to Malta
• 2010.04.17 – 2010.04.18: Apostolic Journey to Malta
• 2001.05.08 – 2001.05.09: Jubilee Pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Paul in Malta
• 1990.05.25 – 1990.05.27: Apostolic Journey to Malta

Geography

Cultural Summary

Religions: Roman Catholic (official) more than 90%

Languages: Maltese (official) 90.1%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.9%

Ethnic Groups: Maltese (descendants of ancient Carthaginians and Phoenicians with strong elements of Italian and other Mediterranean stock)

Motto: Repubblika ta’ Malta (Maltese) (Republic of Malta)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 316 km²

Catholic Population: 415,000 Catholics (80.4% of 516,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 85 parishes, 10 other centres

Clergy: 6 bishops (2 diocesan, 4 titular), 691 priests (403 diocesan, 288 religious)

Non-Clergy: 818 religious (40 brothers, 778 sisters), 32 members of secular institutes (sisters), 47 major seminarians, 1,190 catechists