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Patron Saint: St. Michael

Saints: 2 Blesseds

Continent: Oceania

Capital: Port Moresby

Area: 452,860 km²

Population: 6,909,701

Neighbouring Countries: ← Indonesia , ↑ Micronesia , → Solomon Islands , ↓ Australia

Religions: Roman Catholic 27%, Protestant 69.4% (Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%), Baha'i 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3%

Languages: Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 839 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); many languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers

Ethnic Groups: Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian

Motto: Unity in Diversity (English)

Area: 462,840 km²

Catholic Population: 2,476,000 Catholics (30.5% of 8,125,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 453 parishes, 804 mission stations (56 with resident priest, 748 without resident priest), 165 other centres

Clergy: 27 bishops (17 diocesan, 10 titular), 599 priests (304 diocesan, 295 religious), 1 permanent deacon (religious)

Non-Clergy: 995 religious (179 brothers, 816 sisters), 306 major seminarians, 12 missionaries, 2,709 catechists