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Patron Saints: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint James Major, Saint Teresa of Jesus

Saints: 380 Saints, 2547 Blesseds

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Continent: West Europe

Capital: Madrid

Area: 498,980 km²

Population: 48,958,159

Neighbouring Countries: ← Portugal , ↗ France , ↗ Andorra , ↘ Algeria , ↓ Morocco , ↓ Gibraltar

Religions: Roman Catholic 67.8%, atheist 9.1%, other 2.2%, non-believer 18.4%, unspecified 2.5%

Languages: Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian)) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Vall d'Aran) along with Catalan, <5,000 speakers)

Ethnic Groups: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Motto: Plus Ultra (Latin) (Further beyond)

Area: 505,992 km²

Catholic Population: 44,837,000 Catholics (93.2% of 48,085,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22,873 parishes, 3 mission stations (with resident priest), 4,304 other centres

Clergy: 124 bishops (68 diocesan, 56 titular), 18,391 priests (12,587 diocesan, 5,804 religious), 593 permanent deacons (564 diocesan, 29 religious)

Non-Clergy: 36,945 religious (2,598 brothers, 34,347 sisters), 1,647 members of secular institutes (85 brothers, 1,562 sisters), 1,363 major seminarians, 98 missionaries, 81,675 catechists