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Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Coromoto (September 11)

Saints: 2 Saints, 2 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: 29,617,000 Catholics (87.8% of 33,729,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,528 parishes, 364 mission stations (6 with resident priest, 358 without resident priest), 541 other centres

Clergy: 61 bishops (35 diocesan, 26 titular), 2,727 priests (2,080 diocesan, 647 religious), 384 permanent deacons (382 diocesan, 2 religious)

Non-Clergy: 2,695 religious (263 brothers, 2,432 sisters), 145 members of secular institutes (6 brothers, 139 sisters), 1,165 major seminarians, 19,757 missionaries, 28,556 catechists