Catholic Church in Puerto Rico (original) (raw)

Also known as: Puerto Rico (Deutsch, español), Porto Rico (français, Italiano, Português), Portoryko (polski), 波多黎各 (正體中文), プエルトリコ (日本語), Portus Dives (latine)

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Cultural Summary

Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and others 15%

Languages: Spanish, English

Ethnic Groups: white 75.8%, black/African American 12.4%, other 8.5% (includes American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and others), mixed 3.3%

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 8,875 km²

Catholic Population: 2,707,000 Catholics (84.7% of 3,196,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 329 parishes, 228 mission stations (without resident priest), 304 other centres

Clergy: 10 bishops (6 diocesan, 4 titular), 519 priests (311 diocesan, 208 religious), 542 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 858 religious (24 brothers, 834 sisters), 47 members of secular institutes (10 brothers, 37 sisters), 71 major seminarians, 111 missionaries, 4,218 catechists