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Ukrainian Church (1): Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris

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Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

Saints: 91 Saints, 20 Blesseds

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Continent: West Europe

Capital: Brussels

Area: 30,278 km²

Population: 11,491,346

Neighbouring Countries: ↖ England , ↑ Netherlands , → Germany , ↘ Luxembourg , ↓ France

Religions: Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant and other Christian 2.5%, Muslim 5%, Jewish 0.4%, Buddhist 0.3%, atheist 9.2%, none 32.6%

Languages: Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%

Ethnic Groups: Belgian 75%, Italian 4.1%, Moroccan 3.7%, French 2.4%, Turkish 2%, Dutch 2%, other 12.8%

Motto: Eendracht maakt macht (Dutch), L'union fait la force (French), Einigkeit gibt Stärke (German) (Unity gives Strength)

Area: 30,528 km²

Catholic Population: 8,316,000 Catholics (72.0% of 11,555,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 3,681 parishes, 434 other centres

Clergy: 23 bishops (8 diocesan, 15 titular), 3,925 priests (2,202 diocesan, 1,723 religious), 572 permanent deacons (563 diocesan, 9 religious)

Non-Clergy: 5,799 religious (370 brothers, 5,429 sisters), 93 members of secular institutes (sisters), 199 major seminarians, 37 missionaries, 8,814 catechists