Catholic Church in Slovenia (original) (raw)

Also known as: Slowenien (Deutsch), Eslovenia (español), la Slovénie (français), Slovenia (Italiano, latine), Słowenia (polski), Eslovénia (Português), Slovenija (slovenščina), 斯洛文尼亞 (正體中文), スロベニア (日本語)

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Geography

Cultural Summary

Religions: Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1%

Languages: Slovenian (official) 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4%, Italian (official, only in municipalities where Italian national communities reside), Hungarian (official, only in municipalities where Hungarian national communities reside)

Ethnic Groups: Slovene 83.1%, Serb 2%, Croat 1.8%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12%

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 20,266 km²

Catholic Population: 1,560,000 Catholics (74.0% of 2,109,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 688 parishes, 339 other centres

Clergy: 15 bishops (6 diocesan, 9 titular), 950 priests (690 diocesan, 260 religious), 39 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 459 religious (26 brothers, 433 sisters), 14 members of secular institutes (sisters), 33 major seminarians, 633 catechists