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Patron Saint: Our Lady of the Assumption

Continent: Central America

Capital: Kingston

Area: 10,831 km²

Population: 2,990,561

Neighbouring Countries: ← Cayman Islands , ↑ Cuba , → Haiti

Religions: Protestant 64.8% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 12.0%, Pentecostal 11.0%, Other Church of God 9.2%, New Testament Church of God 7.2%, Baptist 6.7%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.5%, Anglican 2.8%, United Church 2.1%, Methodist 1.6%, Revived 1.4%, Brethren 0.9%, and Moravian 0.7%), Roman Catholic 2.2%, Jehovah's Witness 1.9%, Rastafarian 1.1%, other 6.5%, none 21.3%, unspecified 2.3%

Languages: English, English patois

Ethnic Groups: black 92.1%, mixed 6.1%, East Indian 0.8%, other 0.4%, unspecified 0.7%

Motto: Out of many, One People (English)

Area: 10,991 km²

Catholic Population: 71,000 Catholics (2.6% of 2,726,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 64 parishes, 9 mission stations (without resident priest), 20 other centres

Clergy: 6 bishops (3 diocesan, 3 titular), 88 priests (52 diocesan, 36 religious), 47 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 285 religious (170 brothers, 115 sisters), 5 members of secular institutes (sisters), 33 major seminarians, 29 missionaries, 369 catechists