Catholic Church in New Zealand (original) (raw)

Also known as: Neuseeland (Deutsch), Nueva Zelanda (español), la Nouvelle-Zélande (français), Nuova Zelanda (Italiano), Nowa Zelandia (polski), Nova Zelândia (Português), 紐西蘭（新西蘭） (正體中文), ニュージーランド (日本語), Nova Zelandia (latine)

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Cultural Summary

Religions: Christian 44.3% (Catholic 11.6%, Anglican 10.8%, Presbyterian and Congregational 7.8%, Methodist, 2.4%, Pentecostal 1.8%, other 9.9%), Hindu 2.1%, Buddhist 1.4%, Maori Christian 1.3%, Islam 1.1%, other religion 1.4% (includes Judaism, Spiritualism and New Age religions, Baha'i, Asian religions other than Buddhism), no religion 38.5%, unidentified 12.3%

Languages: English (de facto official) 89.8%, Maori (de jure official) 3.5%, Samoan 2%, Hindi 1.6%, French 1.2%, Northern Chinese 1.2%, Yue 1%, other or not stated 20.5%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official)

Ethnic Groups: European 71.2%, Maori 14.1%, Asian 11.3%, Pacific peoples 7.6%, Middle Eastern, Latin American, African 1.1%, other 1.6%, not stated or unidentified 5.4%

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 270,534 km²

Catholic Population: 551,000 Catholics (10.8% of 5,123,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 193 parishes, 66 other centres

Clergy: 14 bishops (5 diocesan, 9 titular), 430 priests (262 diocesan, 168 religious), 38 permanent deacons (37 diocesan, 1 religious)

Non-Clergy: 652 religious (84 brothers, 568 sisters), 1 member of secular institutes (brother), 18 major seminarians, 745 catechists