Iglesia católica por país

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Distribución de católicos ^[1]

Número de católicos por país (2010)

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América del norte Antigua y Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belice Canadá Costa Rica Cuba Dominica República Dominicana El Salvador Granada Guatemala Haití Honduras Jamaica México Nicaragua Panamá Saint Kitts y Nevis Santa Lucía San Vicente y las Granadinas Trinidad y Tobago Estados Unidos
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La Iglesia Católica es "la Comunión Católica de Iglesias, tanto Romanas como Orientales u Orientales, que están en plena comunión con el Obispo de Roma ". ^[2] La iglesia también es conocida por sus miembros como el Pueblo de Dios , el Cuerpo de Cristo , el "Templo del Espíritu Santo", entre otros nombres. ^[3] De acuerdo con el Vaticano II 's Gaudium et spes , la 'iglesia tiene más que un solo propósito: que el reino de Dios puede venir a la salvación de la raza humana puede ser logrado.' ^{[4] [5]}

Esta comunión de iglesias comprende la Iglesia latina (o la Iglesia romana u occidental), así como 23 Iglesias católicas orientales , canónicamente llamadas iglesias sui juris , cada una dirigida por un patriarca o un arzobispo principal en plena comunión con la Santa Sede . Históricamente, estos cuerpos se separaron de las comuniones cristianas orientales , ya sea para permanecer o regresar a la plena comunión con la Iglesia Católica. Sin embargo, el decreto del Vaticano II sobre las iglesias católicas orientales reconoce explícitamente a las comunidades católicas orientales como "verdaderas iglesias" y no solo como ritos dentro de la Iglesia católica. ^[6]Esta Comunión de Iglesias "existe entre las Iglesias y diócesis individuales de la Iglesia católica universal. Su expresión estructural es el Colegio de Obispos, cada uno de los cuales representa y encarna a su propia Iglesia local". ^[7]

Cuatro arzobispos de la Iglesia Latina también se llaman patriarcas. Esto es solo titular, pero les da precedencia en el medio papal. En el caso del Patriarca de Venecia , puede usar las vestimentas rojas de un Cardenal . Los arzobispos y obispos administran diócesis individuales como sucesores de los doce apóstoles . Ellos son responsables de la coordinación , de la cita, y la supervisión de la parroquia sacerdotes y la supervisión de todos los asuntos de la iglesia dentro de su diócesis hasta que los asuntos internos de las órdenes religiosas de derecho pontificio. Si la responsabilidad asociada con una determinada diócesis es grande, un obispo puede ser asistido por uno o más obispos auxiliares , a quienes se les concede una sede titular . Una diócesis también puede tener un obispo coadjutor (arzobispo coadjutor en el caso de una arquidiócesis), que es efectivamente el "co-gobernante" de la diócesis y automáticamente sucede al cargo de obispo cada vez que el obispo titular deja el cargo. El título de primado se refiere al obispo de la primera diócesis en un país o territorio, que típicamente se ha convertido en una arquidiócesis metropolitana , pero no tiene autoridad adicional. ^{[ cita requerida ]}

En enero de 2020 ^[update], las estadísticas de jurisdicción eclesiástica para las iglesias católicas latinas y orientales eran las siguientes: 1 Santa Sede ; 9 Patriarcados ; 4 Arquidiócesis mayores ; 560 Arquidiócesis Metropolitanas ; 76 Arquidiócesis ; 2.246 diócesis ; 42 prelaturas ; 11 abadías territoriales ; 13 Exarcados Apostólicos ; 9 Ordinariatos ( Iglesia Católica Oriental ) ; 36 ordinariatos militares ; 3 ordinariatos personales ; 1 prelatura personal ; 83Vicariatos apostólicos ; 39 Prefecturas Apostólicas ; 8 Administraciones Apostólicas ; y 8 misiones 'sui juris' . ^{[ cita requerida ]}

La Iglesia Católica es "la institución internacional en funcionamiento continuo más antigua del mundo ". ^[8] También es el mayor proveedor no gubernamental de educación y atención médica en el mundo, ^[9] mientras que el estatus diplomático de la Santa Sede facilita el acceso a su vasta red internacional de organizaciones benéficas .

Metodología

La mayoría de las cifras se han extraído del CIA Factbook ^[10] o de las encuestas del PEW Research Center. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Según el Factbook de la CIA y el Pew Research Center , los cinco países con el mayor número de católicos son, en orden decreciente de población católica, Brasil , México , Filipinas , Estados Unidos e Italia .

El país donde la membresía de la iglesia es el mayor porcentaje de la población es la Ciudad del Vaticano con un 100%, seguida de Timor Oriental con un 97%.

Según el Censo del Anuario Pontificio 2020 (Anuario Pontificio), el número de católicos bautizados en el mundo era de alrededor de 1.329 mil millones a finales de 2018. La iniciativa de investigación Católicos y Culturas recopila datos sobre la demografía católica, incluido el Anuario Pontificio, por país. ^[14]

Conflicting numbers can be found in 2013 research conducted by the Brazilian polling institute Datafolha. This report states that the percentage of the population in Brazil of Catholic religion, over the age of 16 years, is just 57%,^[15] in contrast to the 64.63% published by CIA and to the 68.6% of Pew Research Center. Also, the 2010 Mexican Census showed this percentage to be 83.9%^[16] – against a 91.89% number in the CIA World Factbook.

By country

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Catholic Church by country

Country	Total population	% Catholic	Catholic total
Afghanistan (details)	29,928,987	0.0003%	200 [17]
Albania (details)	3,020,000	10%[18]	302,000
Algeria (details)	32,531,853	0.14%[19]	45,000
Andorra (details)	70,000	88.2%[11]	61,740
Angola (details)	31,100,000	41.1%[10]-50%[20]-55%[21]-56.4%[22]-60%[23]	12,500,000-20,000,000[24]
Antigua and Barbuda (details)	84,522	8.2%[10]	6,930
Argentina (details)	42,000,000	62.9%[25]-63.3%[26]-66%[27]-71%[12][28]	26,000,000 - 29,820,000
Armenia (details)	2,982,904	1%	29,829
Australia (details)	23,400,000	22.6%[29]	5,292,000
Austria (details)	8,940,000	54.9%	4,907,354[30]
Azerbaijan (details)	8,581,400	0.03%	2,574
Bahamas (details)	330,000	12%[10]	39,600
Bahrain (details)	800,000	8.9%[11]	71,200
Bangladesh (details)	158,000,000	0.07%	110,000[11]
Barbados (details)	250,012	4.2%[10]	10,000
Belarus (details)	9,500,000	7.1%[31]	674,500
Belgium (details)	11,200,000	57.1%[32]-58%[33]	6,500,000
Belize (details)	334,000	40%[34]	133,600
Benin (details)	7,460,025	26.6%[35]	1,984,366
Bhutan (details)	2,232,291	0.06%	1,339
Bolivia (details)	10,500,000	70%[36]-73%[27]-77%[37]	7,980,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina (details)	3,531,159	15.19%[38]	536,333
Botswana (details)	1,640,115	4.9%	80,365
Brazil (details)	210,600,000	54%[27]-58.1%[39]-61%[37]-64.6%[40]-65.0%[41]	123,000,000 - 134,000,000[42] - 140,000,000[43][44]
Brunei (details)	372,361	5%[11]	18,618
Bulgaria (details)	7,450,349	0.5%[11]	37,251
Burkina Faso (details)	13,925,313	17%[10]	2,367,303
Burundi (details)	12,000,000	62.1%[10]	7,440,000
Cabo Verde (details)	512,096	77.3%[10]	395,850
Cambodia (details)	13,607,069	<0.1%	<10,000[11]
Cameroon (details)	25,640,965	38.4%[10]	9,846,000
Canada (details)	35,770,000	38.7%[45]	13,843,000
Central African Republic (details)	3,799,897	29%[46]	949,974
Chad (details)	12,000,000	20%[10]-22.8%[47]	2,520,000
Chile (details)	18,000,000	45%[48]-55%[49]-64%[37]-66.6%[50]	8,100,000 - 12,000,000
China (details)	1,400,000,000	0.43%-0.7%[11]	6,000,000[51]-12,000,000[52]
Colombia (details)	48,000,000	70.9%[53][54]-73%[27]-75%[55]-79%[37][56]	34,000,000-37,900,000
Comoros (details)	800,000	0.2%[11]	1,600
Congo, Republic of (details)	5,062,021	33.1%[10]-52.9%[57]	1,675,529-2,409,661
Congo, Democratic Republic of (details)	100,000,000	36.8%[13]-45%[58]-47.3%[11]-55.8%[59]	36,800,000 - 55,800,000
Costa Rica (details)	5,000,000	52%[60]-57%[27]-62%[12]-71.8%[61][62][63]	2,600,000 - 3,100,000 - 3,500,000
Croatia (details)	4,284,889	86.3%[64]	3,698,000
Cuba (details)	11,163,934	51.7%[11]-60%[65][66]	6,000,000[67]
Cyprus (details)	1,100,000	2.9%[68]	11,000
Czech Republic (details)	10,500,000	10.2%[69]-21%[70]-27.1%[71]	1,071,000 - 2,856,000
Côte d'Ivoire (details)	23,800,000[72]	21.4%[11]	5,093,000
Denmark (details)	5,630,000	0.7%[73]	46,000
Djibouti (details)	476,703	0.2%	953
Dominica (details)	71,540	58.1%[11]	41,564
Dominican Republic (details)	10,400,000	48%[27]-57%[12]	4,992,000 - 5,928,000
East Timor (details)	1,054,000	97.57%[74]-98.3%[75]	1,021,000
Ecuador (details)	15,223,680	77.0%[27]-79%[37]-80.4%[76][77]	11,265,523
Equatorial Guinea (details)	1,620,000	80.7%[11]	1,410,000
Egypt (details)	77,505,756	0.1%	187,320[78]
El Salvador (details)	7,000,000	39%[27]-47%[79]-50%[37]	2,730,000 - 3,500,000
Eritrea (details)	4,561,599	3.3%	150,532
Estonia (details)	1,332,893	0.3%	3,998
Ethiopia (details)	73,053,286	0.7%[10]	584,426
Federated States of Micronesia (details)	104,468	52.6%[80]-55%[81]	60,000
Fiji (details)	893,354	9.1%[11]	80,401
Finland (details)	5,451,270	0.2%[82][83][84]	12,434
France (details)	66,600,000	47%[85]-48%[86]-51%[87]-57%[88]-60%[89]–66%[90]	31,300,000–44,000,000
Gabon (details)	1,389,201	50%	694,600
Gambia (details)	1,593,256	2.1%	33,458
Georgia (details)	4,677,401	0.8%[10]	84,193
Germany (details)	83,100,000	27.2%[91]	22,600,000
Ghana (details)	21,029,853	12.9%[11]	2,712,851
Greece (details)	11,170,957	0.4%	44,683
Grenada (details)	89,502	44.6%[10]	39,917
Guatemala (details)	15,773,000	43%[27]-45%[92]-50%[37]	7,000,000
Guinea (details)	9,467,866	2.6%	246,164
Guinea-Bissau (details)	1,416,027	8.9%	126,026
Guyana (details)	765,283	8.1%[10]	91,833
Haiti (details)	10,000,000	54.7%[10]-56.7%[11]-56.8%[93]	5,470,000
Honduras (details)	8,800,000	37%[27]-46%[12]	3,256,000-4,048,000
Hungary (details)	9,877,000	37.2%[10]–53.0%[33]-56%[70]-62%.[94]	3,674,244
Iceland (details)	355,277	3.9%[95]	13,799
India (details)	1,280,000,000	0.9%[11]–1.5%[96][97]	11,520,000–19,900,000[98]
Indonesia (details)	255,000,000	2.9%[99]	7,395,000
Iran (details)	68,017,860	0.02%	13,603
Iraq (details)	38,000,000	0.35%[11]	133,000
Ireland (details)	4,762,000	78.3%[100]	3,729,000
Israel (details)	7,746,000	1.2%[11]	92,952
Italy (details)	60,800,000	74%[101]-75%[102]-76.5%[103]-78.9%[32]-81.7%[104]	42,000,000 - 50,000,000
Jamaica (details)	2,889,000	2%	57,780
Japan (details)	127,417,244	0.3%-[11] 0.5%[105]	382,251
Jordan (details)	5,759,732	0.4%[11]	23,038
Kazakhstan (details)	15,185,844	0.6%	91,115
Kenya (details)	47,560,000	20.6%[106][107]-22.1%[11]	9,816,000
Kiribati (details)	98,000	55.8%[10]-57.3%[108]	54,684
Korea, North (details)	22,912,177	0.01%	2,291
Korea, South (details)	53,121,668	11.1%[109]	5,914,669
Kosovo (details)	1,920,079	3.4%	65,000
Kuwait (details)	2,335,648	6.1%	142,474
Kyrgyzstan (details)	5,146,281	0.1%	5,146
Laos (details)	6,217,141	0.6%	37,302
Latvia (details)	2,290,237	19.1%[11]	437,435
Lebanon (details)	4,800,000	28.8%[11]	1,382,400
Lesotho (details)	2,067,000	45.7%[11]-49.4%[110]	946,000-1,052,237[110]
Liberia (details)	3,482,211	5.4%	188,039
Libya (details)	5,765,563	0.7%	40,358
Liechtenstein (details)	33,863	75.9%[10]-81.7%[11]	25,803
Lithuania (details)	2,944,459	77.2%[111]-83%[94]	2,311,722
Luxembourg (details)	538,000	63.8%[32]-65.9%[11]	369,600
Madagascar (details)	18,040,341	29.5%[35]-38.1%[112]	5,318,293-7,890,000[112]
Malawi (details)	12,158,924	28.4%[35]	3,449,487
Malaysia (details)	23,953,136	3.3%	1,290,453
Maldives (details)	349,106	0.02%	80
Mali (details)	12,291,529	1.5%	189,289
Malta (details)	428,000	84.4%[113]-93%[114]	361,372
Marshall Islands (details)	62,000	8.4%[10]	5,208
Mauritania (details)	3,086,859	0.1%[11]	3,086
Mauritius (details)	1,230,602	23.6%[10]	289,314
Mexico (details)	126,500,000	80%[27]-81%[37]-82.7%[115]-84.9%[11]	100,000,000
Moldova (details)	4,455,421	0.5%	20,494
Monaco (details)	36,371	82.3%[11]	29,933
Mongolia (details)	2,791,272	0.04%	1,116
Montenegro (details)	625,266	3.4%	21,299
Morocco (details)	32,725,847	0.07%	22,908
Mozambique (details)	19,406,703	27.2%[10]-28.4%[11]-30.5%[116]	4,618,795
Myanmar (details)	42,909,464	1.1%	450,549
Namibia (details)	2,030,692	22.8%[117]	344,202
Nauru (details)	10,084	32.96%[118]	3,324
Nepal (details)	27,676,547	0.03%	8,302
Netherlands (details)	16,970,000	23.3%[119]	3,943,000
New Zealand (details)	4,700,000	10.0%[120]	470,000
Nicaragua (details)	6,000,000	40%[27]-50%[12]-55%[121][122]	2,400,000-3,000,000
Niger (details)	11,665,937	0.1%	11,665
Nigeria (details)	190,000,000	12.6%[11]	23,940,000
North Macedonia (details)	2,038,514	1%	20,452
Norway (details)	5,060,000	2.4%[123]-3.02%[124]	120,900
Oman (details)	3,000,000	4.1%[11]	110,000
Pakistan (details)	207,000,000	0.8%	1,656,000
Palau (details)	19,949	41.6%[10]	8,299
Palestine (details)	3,761,904	2%	80,000
Panama (details)	3,500,000	55%[27]-63%[125]-70%[12]	1,925,000 - 2,400,000
Papua New Guinea (details)	7,000,000	26%[126]	1,890,000
Paraguay (details)	6,800,000	88.3%[127]-89%[37][27]	6,000,000
Peru (details)	32,800,000	74%[27]-76%[12][128]	24,600,000
Philippines (details)	105,000,000[129]	80.6%[130]-81.4%[11]-82.9%[131][132]-86%[133]	85,470,000
Poland (details)	38,496,000	85.8%[134]-87.5%[135]-92.9%[136]	33,000,000
Portugal (details)	10,500,000[137]	81.0%[138]–85%[139]-88.0%[140]	8,600,000–9,240,000
Qatar (details)	863,051	5.8%	50,000
Romania (details)	22,329,977	4.7%[10]	1,787,408
Russia (details)	143,420,309	0.5%[11]	717,101
Rwanda (details)	11,000,000	43.7%[141]-49.5%[142]	4,807,000
Saint Kitts and Nevis (details)	51,000	6.7%	3,400
Saint Lucia (details)	165,600	61.3%	101,500
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details)	106,000	7.5%	7,950
Samoa (details)	179,000	19.6%[10]	35,084
San Marino (details)	32,500	90.5%[11]-97%>[143]	29,412
São Tomé and Príncipe (details)	163,000	73.5%[35]	119,805
Saudi Arabia (details)	26,417,599	2.5%-3.8%[10]-7%[144]	660,439-1,300,000
Senegal (details)	11,126,832	3.5%	389,439
Serbia (details)	7,120,600	6.1%[10]	433,167
Seychelles (details)	93,000	76.2%[145]	70,866
Sierra Leone (details)	6,017,643	2.9%	174,511
Singapore (details)	4,425,720	4.8%[10]-6.7%[146]-7.1%[11]	165,964
Slovakia (details)	5,397,036	62%[147]	3,347,277
Slovenia (details)	2,095,861	72.1%[148][149]	1,509,986
Solomon Islands (details)	523,000	19%[10]	100,000
Somalia (details)	8,591,629	0.001%	100
South Africa (details)	44,344,136	7.1%[10]	2,851,327
South Sudan (details)	10,000,000	39.7%[150]	3,950,000[150]
Spain (details)	46,700,000	66.0%[151]-67%[152]-68%[153]-68.9%[154]-70%[155]	32,364,000[156]
Sri Lanka (details)	20,264,000	6.1%[157]	1,237,000
Sudan (details)	31,000,000	1%	300,000
Suriname (details)	551,000	21.6%[158]	119,000
Swaziland (details)	1,100,000	4.9%[11]	62,803
Sweden (details)	10,000,000	1.8%	180,000
Switzerland (details)	8,600,000	35.1%[159]	3,000,000
Syria (details)	18,448,752	2.1%[10]	368,975
Taiwan (details)	22,894,384	1.3%	297,626
Tajikistan (details)	7,163,506	0.01%	<1,000[11]
Tanzania (details)	57,000,000	31.4%[160]	18,000,000
Thailand (details)	69,000,000	0.3%[11]-0.58%[161][162]	388,468[163][164]
Togo (details)	5,681,519	26.4%[11]	1,499,921
Tonga (details)	102,000	15.6%[10]	15,912
Trinidad and Tobago (details)	1,330,000	21.6%[165]	286,000
Tunisia (details)	11,000,000	0.2%	22,000
Turkey (details)	77,700,000	0.05%	35,000
Turkmenistan (details)	4,750,000	0.01%[166]	500
Tuvalu (details)	10,000	1%	100
Uganda (details)	42,000,000	39.3%[167]	16,500,000
Ukraine (details)	43,000,000	5.6%[11] -10%[168][169]	2,408,000-4,300,000
United Arab Emirates (details)	2,563,212	5%	128,160
United Kingdom (details)	63,100,000	9%[170][171][172][173]	5,700,000
United States (details)	330,000,000	20%[174][175]-22%[176][177]-23%[178]-25% [179]	66,000,000-72,600,000-81,000,000
Uruguay (details)	3,500,000	38%[27]-41%[180]-42%[37]-47.1%[10]	1,330,000
Uzbekistan (details)	26,851,195	0.01%	2,685
Vatican City (details)	842	100%	842
Vanuatu (details)	243,304	13.1%[10]	36,500
Venezuela (details)	32,000,000	67%[27]-71%[181]-73%[12]	21,440,000 -23,360,000
Vietnam (details)	90,000,000	6.9%[182]-7.4%[183]	6,200,000
Western Sahara (details)	273,008	0.06%	163
Yemen (details)	20,727,063	0.02%	4,145
Zambia (details)	14,300,000	21%[11]	3,003,000
Zimbabwe (details)	12,746,990	7.71%	982,792
Total	7,093,798,000	17.68%	1,253,926,000

By dependent territory

Catholic Church by territory

Territory	Total population	% Catholic	Catholic total
U.S. Virgin Islands (details)	109,840	34%[10]	37,345
Anguilla (details)	14,108	5.7%[10]	804
Aruba (details)	101,484	75.3%[184]	76,464
British Virgin Islands (details)	24,041	9.5%[10]	2,283
Cayman Islands (details)	47,862	14.1%[10]	6,748
Curaçao (details)	142,180	72.8%[10]	103,507
Falkland Islands (details)	3,000	10%	300
French Guiana (details)	221,500	75%	166,500
Greenland (details)	55,984	0.2%[11]	111
Guadeloupe (details)	405,500	85.2%[10]	345,486
Guam (details)	154,623	85%[10]	131,430
Northern Mariana Islands (details)	51,659	64.1%Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).	33,113
Hong Kong (details)	7,409,800	5.3%	394,000[185]
Martinique (details)	390,000	80%	312,000
Macau (details)	650,000	4.6%[186]	30,000
New Caledonia (details)	249,000	60.2%[10]	150,000
Puerto Rico (details)	3,600,000	56%[12]-69.7%[187]	2,016,000
Réunion (details)	839,500	79.7%[35]	669,249
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (details)	6,025	93%[11]	5,600
Turks and Caicos Islands (details)	22,352	11.4%[10]	2,548
Wallis and Futuna (details)	14,231	95.8%	13,631

By region

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Catholic in a region (number in the region x 100 / total population of the region). The last column shows the national Catholic percentage compared to the total Catholic population of the world (number in the region x 100 / total RC population of the world).

Africa

Catholic Church in Africa

Region	Total population	Catholic	% Catholic	% of global Catholic pop.
Central Africa	83,121,055	37,353,218	44.93%	3.47%
East Africa	193,741,900	34,872,130	17.99%	3.24%
North Africa	202,151,323	2,369,490	1.17%	0.22%
Southern Africa	137,092,019	24,463,640	17.84%	2.27%
West Africa	268,997,245	36,152,847	13.43%	3.36%
Total	885,103,542	135,211,325	15.27%	12.57%

Americas

Catholic Church in the Americas

Region	Total population	Catholic	% Catholic	% of global Catholic pop.
Caribbean	24,364,622	19,062,198	78.23%	1.77%
Central America	42,883,849	32,317,384	75.36%	3.00%
North America	448,587,847	173,212,640	38.61%	16.11%
South America	371,363,897	299,570,011	80.66%	27.87%
Total	887,200,215	524,162,233	59.08%	48.75%

Asia

Catholic Church in Asia

Region	Total population	Catholic	% Catholic	% of global Catholic pop.
Central Asia	92,019,166	199,086	1.23%	0.01%
East Asia	1,528,384,440	13,853,142	0.90%	1.28%
South Asia	1,437,326,682	20,107,050	1.39%	1.87%
Southeast Asia	571,337,070	86,701,421	15.17%	8.06%
Total	3,629,067,358	120,860,699	3.33%	11.24%

Europe

Catholic Church in Europe

Region	Total population	Catholic	% Catholic	% of global Catholic pop.
Southeast Europe	65,903,464	6,562,775	9.95%	0.61%
Central Europe	74,591,476	56,787,176	74.8%	5.19%
Eastern Europe	228,118,665	9,702,334	4.25%	0.90%
Western Europe	381,458,905	211,466,942	55.43%	19.67%
Total	730,072,510	285,916,457	37.85%	26.37%

Middle East

Catholic Church in the Middle East

Region	Total population	Catholic	% Catholic	% of global Catholic pop.
Middle East	260,026,365	2,990,573	1.15%	0.27%

Oceania

Catholic Church in Oceania

Region	Total population	Catholic	% Catholic	% of global Catholic pop.
Oceania	30,686,468	7,747,654	25.24%	0.72%

See also

• The term Roman Catholic
• All pages with titles containing Roman Catholic
• Christianity by country
• List of religious populations
• List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
• List of Christian denominations by number of members
• List of living cardinals (sortable by name, country, and birthdate)
• List of popes
• List of Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
• State religion#Roman Catholicism

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