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Catholic Church in Eritrea

Also known as: l’Érythrée (français), Eritrea (Deutsch, español, Italiano), Erytrea (polski), Eritreia (Português), 厄立特里亞 (正體中文), エリトリア (日本語), Erythræa (latine)

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Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Languages: Tigrinya (official), Arabic (official), English (official), Tigre, Kunama, Afar, other Cushitic languages

Ethnic Groups: Tigrinya 55%, Tigre 30%, Saho 4%, Kunama 2%, Rashaida 2%, Bilen 2%, other (Afar, Beni Amir, Nera) 5%

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 117,600 km²

Catholic Population: 174,000 Catholics (3.9% of 4,502,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 155 parishes, 84 mission stations (14 with resident priest, 70 without resident priest), 75 other centres

Clergy: 4 bishops (diocesan), 516 priests (97 diocesan, 419 religious), 3 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 1,212 religious (85 brothers, 1,127 sisters), 57 members of secular institutes (20 brothers, 37 sisters), 561 major seminarians, 4 missionaries, 144 catechists