Catholic Church in Chile

Roman Rite (27): Antofagasta, Aysén, Concepción, Copiapó, Illapel, Iquique, La Serena, Linares, Melipilla, Obispado Castrense de Chile, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Rancagua, San Bartolomé de Chillán, San Bernardo, San Carlos de Ancud, San Felipe, San Juan Bautista de Calama, San Marcos de Arica, Santa María de los Ángeles, Santiago, Talca, Temuco, Valdivia, Valparaíso, Villarrica

Religions: Roman Catholic 66.7%, Evangelical or Protestant 16.4%, Jehovah's Witness 1%, other 3.4%, none 11.5%, unspecified 1.1%

Languages: Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%

Ethnic Groups: white and non-indigenous 88.9%, Mapuche 9.1%, Aymara 0.7%, other indigenous groups 1% (includes Rapa Nui, Likan Antai, Quechua, Colla, Diaguita, Kawesqar, Yagan or Yamana), unspecified 0.3%

Motto: Por la razón o la fuerza (Spanish) (By reason or by strength)

Area: 756,626 km²

Catholic Population: 14,568,000 Catholics (74.0% of 19,678,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 978 parishes, 11 mission stations (1 with resident priest, 10 without resident priest), 3,475 other centres

Clergy: 53 bishops (24 diocesan, 29 titular), 1,819 priests (1,031 diocesan, 788 religious), 1,169 permanent deacons (1,166 diocesan, 3 religious)

Non-Clergy: 3,432 religious (184 brothers, 3,248 sisters), 378 members of secular institutes (52 brothers, 326 sisters), 390 major seminarians, 1,112 missionaries, 20,530 catechists