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Patron Saint: Immaculate Conception

Saints: 7 Blesseds

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Capital: Kinshasa

Area: 2,267,048 km²

Population: 83,301,151

Former Name: Zaïre, Belgian Congo

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Angola , ← Congo-Brazzaville , ↑ Central African Republic , ↗ South Sudan , ↗ Uganda , → Rwanda , → Burundi , → Tanzania , ↘ Zambia

Religions: Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%

Languages: French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

Ethnic Groups: over 200 African ethnic groups of which the majority are Bantu; the four largest tribes - Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) - make up about 45% of the population

Motto: Justice – Paix – Travail (French) (Justice, Peace, Work)

Area: 2,344,858 km²

Catholic Population: 52,166,000 Catholics (49.6% of 105,247,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,637 parishes, 8,205 mission stations (4 with resident priest, 8,201 without resident priest), 489 other centres

Clergy: 62 bishops (41 diocesan, 21 titular), 6,162 priests (4,216 diocesan, 1,946 religious), 4 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 11,842 religious (1,317 brothers, 10,525 sisters), 124 members of secular institutes (5 brothers, 119 sisters), 4,123 major seminarians, 237 missionaries, 76,794 catechists