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Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Patron Saints: Saint Wenceslaus, Saint John of Nepomuk, Saint Procopius of Sázava

Saints: 12 Saints, 25 Blesseds

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Continent: East Europe

Capital: Prague

Area: 77,247 km²

Population: 10,674,723

Neighbouring Countries: ← Germany , ↗ Poland , ↘ Slovakia , ↓ Austria

Religions: Roman Catholic 10.4%, Protestant (includes Czech Brethren and Hussite) 1.1%, other and unspecified 54%, none 34.5%

Languages: Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%, other 3%

Ethnic Groups: Czech 64.3%, Moravian 5%, Slovak 1.4%, other 1.8%, unspecified 27.5%

Motto: Pravda vítězí! (Czech) (Truth prevails!)

Area: 78,866 km²

Catholic Population: 3,326,000 Catholics (31.1% of 10,702,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 2,264 parishes, 80 other centres

Clergy: 22 bishops (8 diocesan, 14 titular), 1,718 priests (1,232 diocesan, 486 religious), 249 permanent deacons (242 diocesan, 7 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,058 religious (110 brothers, 948 sisters), 129 members of secular institutes (3 brothers, 126 sisters), 99 major seminarians, 1,207 catechists