Catholic Church

Also known as: Spanien (Deutsch), España (español), l'Espagne (français), Spagna (Italiano), Hiszpania (polski), Espanha (Português), 西にし班はん牙きば (正體しょうたい中ちゅう文ぶん), スペイン (日本語にほんご), Hispania (latine)

Continent: West Europe

Capital: Madrid

Area: 498,980 km²

Population: 48,958,159

Patron Saints: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint James Major, Saint Teresa of Avila

Saints: 370 Saints, 2254 Blesseds

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Religions: Roman Catholic 67.8%, atheist 9.1%, other 2.2%, non-believer 18.4%, unspecified 2.5%

Languages: Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian)) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Vall d'Aran) along with Catalan, <5,000 speakers)

Ethnic Groups: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types

Motto: Plus Ultra (Latin) (Further beyond)

Neighbouring Countries: ← Portugal , ↗ France , ↗ Andorra , ↘ Algeria , ↓ Morocco , ↓ Gibraltar

Jurisdictions (72): Titular Patriarchates (1), Metr. Archdioceses (14), Dioceses (55), Ordinariates (1), Military Ordinariates (1)

Roman Rite (70): Albacete, Alcalá de Henares, Almería, Arzobispado Castrense de España, Astorga, Ávila, Barbastro–Monzón, Barcelona, Bilbao, Burgos, Cádiz y Ceuta, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño, Cartagena, Ciudad Real, Ciudad Rodrigo, Córdoba, Coria–Cáceres, Cuenca, Getafe, Girona, Granada, Guadix, Huelva, Huesca, Ibiza, Indias Occidentales, Islas Canarias, Jaca, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, León, Lleida, Lugo, Madrid, Málaga, Mallorca, Menorca, Mérida–Badajoz, Mondoñedo–Ferrol, Orihuela–Alicante, Osma–Soria, Ourense, Oviedo, Palencia, Pamplona y Tudela, Plasencia, Salamanca, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, San Sebastián, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana, Segovia, Sevilla, Sigüenza–Guadalajara, Solsona, Tarazona, Tarragona, Terrassa, Teruel y Albarracín, Tortosa, Tui–Vigo, Urgell, Valencia, Valladolid, Vic, Vitoria, Zamora, Zaragoza

Mozarabic Rite (1): Toledo

Eastern Rite without proper Ordinary (1): Ordinariato para los fieles de ritos orientales en España

Cardinals (6 electors/12 total): Abril y Castelló (86), Amigo Vallejo (87), Ayuso Guixot (69), Blázquez Pérez (79), Bocos Merino (83), Cañizares Llovera (76), Herranz Casado (91), Ladaria Ferrer (77), Martínez Sistach (84), Omella Omella (75), Osoro Sierra (76), Rouco Varela (85) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: Spain

Holy See Representation: World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Conference of Bishops: Conferencia Episcopal Española

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.)