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Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Saints: 1 Saint

Continent: East Europe

Capital: Riga

Area: 62,249 km²

Population: 1,944,643

Neighbouring Countries: ↑ Estonia , → Russia , ↘ Belarus , ↓ Lithuania

Religions: Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7%

Languages: Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4%

Ethnic Groups: Latvian 62%, Russian 25.4%, Belarusian 3.3%, Ukrainian 2.2%, Polish 2.1%, Lithuanian 1.2%, other 3.8%

Motto: Tēvzemei un Brīvībai (Latvian) (For Fatherland and Freedom)

Area: 64,600 km²

Catholic Population: 369,000 Catholics (19.5% of 1,893,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 255 parishes, 9 mission stations (without resident priest), 2 other centres

Clergy: 8 bishops (4 diocesan, 4 titular), 152 priests (122 diocesan, 30 religious), 4 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 102 religious (1 brother, 101 sisters), 12 members of secular institutes (sisters), 11 major seminarians, 76 missionaries, 222 catechists