Catholic Church

Also known as: Italien (Deutsch), l'Italie (français), Italia (español, Italiano, latine), Włochy (polski), Itália (Português), 意い大利おおとし (正體しょうたい中ちゅう文ぶん), イタリア (日本語にほんご)

Continent: West Europe

Capital: Rome

Area: 294,140 km²

Population: 62,137,802

Patron Saints: Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Catherine of Siena

Saints: 1225 Saints, 585 Blesseds

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Religions: Christian 80% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim (about 800,000 to 1 million), atheist and agnostic 20%

Languages: Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)

Ethnic Groups: Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south)

Neighbouring Countries: ↖ France , ↑ Switzerland , ↗ Austria , ↗ Slovenia , ↗ Croatia , → Montenegro , → Albania , ↘ Greece , ↓ Tunisia , ↓ Malta , ☉ Vatican City State , ☉ San Marino

Circumscriptions (228): Papal See (1), Patriarchates (1), Metr. Archdioceses (40), Archdioceses (20), Dioceses (155), Territorial Prelatures (2), Territorial Abbacies (6), Apostolic Exarchates (1), Military Ordinariates (1), Personal Prelature (1)

Roman Rite (223): Acerenza, Acerra, Acireale, Acqui, Adria–Rovigo, Agrigento, Alba, Albano, Albenga–Imperia, Ales–Terralba, Alessandria, Alghero–Bosa, Alife–Caiazzo, Altamura–Gravina–Acquaviva delle Fonti, Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni, Anagni–Alatri, Ancona–Osimo, Andria, Aosta, Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro, Ariano Irpino–Lacedonia, Ascoli Piceno, Assisi–Nocera Umbra–Gualdo Tadino, Asti, Avellino, Aversa, Avezzano, Bari–Bitonto, Belluno–Feltre, Benevento, Bergamo, Biella, Bologna, Bolzano–Bressanone, Brescia, Brindisi–Ostuni, Cagliari, Caltagirone, Caltanissetta, Camerino–San Severino Marche, Campobasso–Boiano, Capua, Carpi, Casale Monferrato, Caserta, Cassano all’Jonio, Castellaneta, Catania, Catanzaro–Squillace, Cefalù, Cerignola–Ascoli Satriano, Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Cesena–Sarsina, Chiavari, Chieti–Vasto, Chioggia, Città di Castello, Civita Castellana, Civitavecchia–Tarquinia, Como, Concordia–Pordenone, Conversano–Monopoli, Cosenza–Bisignano, Crema, Cremona, Crotone–Santa Severina, Cuneo, Fabriano–Matelica, Faenza–Modigliana, Fano–Fossombrone–Cagli–Pergola, Fermo, Ferrara–Comacchio, Fidenza, Fiesole, Firenze, Foggia–Bovino, Foligno, Forlì–Bertinoro, Fossano, Frascati, Frosinone–Veroli–Ferentino, Gaeta, Genova, Gorizia, Grosseto, Gubbio, Iglesias, Imola, Ischia, Isernia–Venafro, Ivrea, Jesi, L’Aquila, La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato, Lamezia Terme, Lanciano–Ortona, Lanusei, Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno, Lecce, Livorno, Locri–Gerace, Lodi, Loreto, Lucca, Lucera–Troia, Macerata–Tolentino–Recanati–Cingoli–Treia, Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo, Mantova, Massa Carrara–Pontremoli, Massa Marittima–Piombino, Matera–Irsina, Mazara del Vallo, Melfi–Rapolla–Venosa, Messina–Lipari–Santa Lucia del Mela, Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea, Modena–Nonantola, Molfetta–Ruvo–Giovinazzo–Terlizzi, Mondovì, Monreale, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Montecassino, Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza, Montevergine, Napoli, Nardò–Gallipoli, Nicosia, Nocera Inferiore–Sarno, Nola, Noto, Novara, Nuoro, Oppido Mamertina–Palmi, Opus Dei, Ordinariato Militare in Italia, Oria, Oristano, Orvieto–Todi, Ostia, Otranto, Ozieri, Padova, Palermo, Palestrina, Parma, Patti, Pavia, Perugia–Città della Pieve, Pesaro, Pescara–Penne, Pescia, Piacenza–Bobbio, Piazza Armerina, Pinerolo, Pisa, Pistoia, Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello, Pompei, Porto–Santa Rufina, Potenza–Muro Lucano–Marsico Nuovo, Pozzuoli, Prato, Ragusa, Ravenna–Cervia, Reggio Calabria–Bova, Reggio Emilia–Guastalla, Rieti, Rimini, Roma, Rossano–Cariati, Sabina–Poggio Mirteto, Salerno–Campagna–Acerno, Saluzzo, San Benedetto del Tronto–Ripatransone–Montalto, San Marco Argentano–Scalea, San Marino–Montefeltro, San Miniato, San Severo, Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia, Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Sassari, Savona–Noli, Senigallia, Sessa Aurunca, Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino, Siracusa, Sora–Cassino–Aquino–Pontecorvo, Sorrento–Castellammare di Stabia, Spoleto–Norcia, Subiaco, Sulmona–Valva, Susa, Taranto, Teano–Calvi, Teggiano–Policastro, Tempio–Ampurias, Teramo–Atri, Termoli–Larino, Terni–Narni–Amelia, Tivoli, Torino, Tortona, Trani–Barletta–Bisceglie, Trapani, Trento, Treviso, Tricarico, Trieste, Trivento, Tursi–Lagonegro, Udine, Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca, Urbino–Urbania–Sant’Angelo in Vado, Vallo della Lucania, Velletri–Segni, Venezia, Ventimiglia–San Remo, Vercelli, Verona, Vicenza, Vigevano, Viterbo, Vittorio Veneto, Volterra

Ambrosian Rite (1): Milano

Italo-Albanese Church (3): Lungro, Piana degli Albanesi, Santa Maria di Grottaferrata

Ukrainian Church (1): Italy

Cardinals (22 electors/47 total): Amato (83), Antonelli (84), Bagnasco (78), Baldisseri (80), Bassetti (79), Becciu (73), Bertello (78), Bertone (86), Betori (74), Cacciavillan (94), Calcagno (78), Cantalamessa (86), Coccopalmerio (83), Comastri (77), De Donatis (67), De Giorgi (90), De Magistris (95), Farina (87), Feroci (80), Filoni (75), Gambetti (55), Lajolo (86), Lojudice (56), Martino (88), Menichelli (81), Montenegro (75), Monterisi (87), Parolin (66), Petrocchi (72), Piacenza (76), Poletto (88), Ravasi (78), Re (87), Romeo (83), Ruini (90), Scola (79), Sebastiani (90), Semeraro (73), Sepe (78), Sodano (93), Stella (79), Tomasi (80), Vallini (81), Vegliò (83), Versaldi (77), Zenari (75), Zuppi (65) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: Italy

Holy See Representation: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Holy See Representation: International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

Conference of Bishops: Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (C.E.I.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)