Catholic Church

Also known as: Frankreich (Deutsch), la France (français), Francia (español, Italiano, latine), Francja (polski), França (Português), 法ほう國こく (正體しょうたい中ちゅう文ぶん), フランス (日本語にほんご)

Dependencies: French Guiana , French Polynesia , French Southern Territories , Guadeloupe , Martinique , Mayotte , New Caledonia , Réunion , Saint Barthélemy , Saint Martin , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Wallis and Futuna

Continent: West Europe

Capital: Paris

Area: 549,970 km²

Population: 67,106,161

Patron Saints: Our Lady of Assumption, Saint Joan of Arc, Saint Denis de Paris, Saint Martin de Tours, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Saints: 870 Saints, 618 Blesseds

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Religions: Christian (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic) 63-66%, Muslim 7-9%, Buddhist 0.5-0.75%, Jewish 0.5-0.75%, other 0.5-1.0%, none 23-28%

Languages: French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard)

Ethnic Groups: Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities

Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French) (Liberty, equality, fraternity)

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Spain , ↖ Guernsey , ↖ Jersey , ↑ England , ↑ Belgium , ↗ Luxembourg , ↗ Germany , → Switzerland , ↘ Italy , ↘ Monaco , ↓ Andorra

Circumscriptions (99): Metr. Archdioceses (15), Archdioceses (9), Dioceses (72), Territorial Prelatures (1), Ordinariates (1), Military Ordinariates (1)

Roman Rite (95): Agen, Aire et Dax, Aix, Ajaccio, Albi, Amiens, Angers, Angoulême, Annecy, Arras, Auch, Autun, Avignon, Bayeux, Bayonne, Beauvais, Belfort–Montbéliard, Belley–Ars, Besançon, Blois, Bordeaux, Bourges, Cahors, Cambrai, Carcassonne et Narbonne, Châlons, Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise, Chartres, Clermont, Coutances, Créteil, Digne, Dijon, Diocèse aux Armées Françaises, Évreux, Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes, Fréjus–Toulon, Gap, Grenoble–Vienne, La Rochelle, Langres, Laval, Le Havre, Le Mans, Le Puy-en-Velay, Lille, Limoges, Luçon, Lyon, Marseille, Meaux, Mende, Metz, Mission de France, Montauban, Montpellier, Moulins, Nancy, Nanterre, Nantes, Nevers, Nice, Nîmes, Orléans, Pamiers, Paris, Périgueux, Perpignan–Elne, Poitiers, Pontoise, Quimper, Reims, Rennes, Rodez, Rouen, Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Claude, Saint-Denis, Saint-Dié, Saint-Étienne, Saint-Flour, Séez, Sens, Soissons, Strasbourg, Tarbes et Lourdes, Toulouse, Tours, Troyes, Tulle, Valence, Vannes, Verdun, Versailles, Viviers

Armenian Church (1): Sainte-Croix-de-Paris

Maronite Church (1): Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris

Ukrainian Church (1): Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris

Eastern Rite without proper Ordinary (1): Ordinariat des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France

Cardinals (4 electors/6 total): Barbarin (70), Mamberti (69), Poupard (90), Ricard (76), Vanhoye (97), Vingt-Trois (78) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: France

Holy See Representation: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Holy See Representation: Council of Europe

Holy See Representation: International Commission on Civil Status (ICCS)

Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques de France

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.)