Catholic Church

Also known as: Australien (Deutsch), l'Australie (français), Australia (español, Italiano, polski, latine), Austrália (Português), 澳洲 (正體しょうたい中ちゅう文ぶん), オーストラリア (日本語にほんご)

Dependencies: Christmas Island , Cocos Islands , Heard Island and McDonald Islands , Norfolk Island

Continent: Oceania

Capital: Canberra

Area: 7,682,300 km²

Population: 23,232,413

Patron Saint: Our Lady Help of Christians (May 24)

Saints: 1 Saint

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Religions: Protestant 23.1% (Anglican 13.3%, Uniting Church 3.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%, Baptist 1.5%, Pentecostal 1.1%, Lutheran .7%, other Protestant .5%), Roman Catholic 22.6%, other Christian 4.2%, Muslim 2.6%, Buddhist 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3% (Eastern Orthodox 2.1%, Oriental Orthodox .2%), Hindu 1.9%, other 1.3%, none 30.1%, unspecified 9.6%

Languages: English 72.7%, Mandarin 2.5%, Arabic 1.4%, Cantonese 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Italian 1.2%, Greek 1%, other 14.8%, unspecified 6.5%

Ethnic Groups: English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%, German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian 1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other 15.8% (includes Australian aboriginal .5%), unspecified 5.4%

Neighbouring Countries: ↖ Cocos Islands , ↖ Christmas Island , ↖ Indonesia , ↑ Timor-Leste , ↑ Papua New Guinea , ↗ Vanuatu , → New Caledonia , ↘ New Zealand

Circumscriptions (35): Metr. Archdioceses (5), Archdioceses (2), Dioceses (26), Military Ordinariates (1), Personal Ordinariates (1)

Roman Rite (29): Adelaide, Armidale, Ballarat, Bathurst, Brisbane, Broken Bay, Broome, Bunbury, Cairns, Canberra and Goulburn, Darwin, Geraldton, Hobart, Lismore, Maitland–Newcastle, Melbourne, Military Ordinariate of Australia, Parramatta, Perth, Port Pirie, Rockhampton, Sale, Sandhurst, Sydney, Toowoomba, Townsville, Wagga Wagga, Wilcannia–Forbes, Wollongong

Anglican Rite (1): Our Lady of the Southern Cross

Chaldean Church (1): Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney

Greek-Melkite Church (1): Saint Michael’s of Sydney

Maronite Church (1): Saint Maron of Sydney

Syro-Malabar Church (1): Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne

Ukrainian Church (1): Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne

Cardinals (1 elector/1 total): Pell (79) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: Australia

Conference of Bishops: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.)