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Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Coromoto (September 11)

Saints: 4 Blesseds

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Continent: South America

Capital: Caracas

Area: 882,050 km²

Population: 31,304,016

Neighbouring Countries: ← Colombia , ↖ Aruba , ↑ Curaçao , ↑ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba , ↗ Trinidad and Tobago , → Guyana , ↘ Brazil

Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%

Languages: Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects

Ethnic Groups: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people

Motto: Dios y Federación (Spanish) (God and Federation)

Area: 912,050 km²

Catholic Population: 28,861,000 Catholics (87.8% of 32,868,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,512 parishes, 410 mission stations (12 with resident priest, 398 without resident priest), 583 other centres

Clergy: 61 bishops (35 diocesan, 26 titular), 2,680 priests (2,010 diocesan, 670 religious), 349 permanent deacons (346 diocesan, 3 religious)

Non-Clergy: 2,811 religious (241 brothers, 2,570 sisters), 150 members of secular institutes (5 brothers, 145 sisters), 1,099 major seminarians, 19,634 missionaries, 26,194 catechists