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Conference of Bishops: Conferencia Episcopal de Chile (C.E.C.H.) Archbishop René Osvaldo Rebolledo Salinas (67)

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Patron Saints: Saint James Major, Saint Francis Solanus, Nuestra Señora del Carmen (July 16)

Saints: 2 Saints, 2 Blesseds

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Continent: South America

Capital: Santiago

Area: 743,812 km2

Population: 17,789,267

Neighbouring Countries: ↑ Peru Peru, ↗ Bolivia Bolivia, → Argentina Argentina, ↓ Antarctica Antarctica

Religions: Roman Catholic 66.7%, Evangelical or Protestant 16.4%, Jehovah's Witness 1%, other 3.4%, none 11.5%, unspecified 1.1%

Languages: Spanish 99.5% (official), English 10.2%, indigenous 1% (includes Mapudungun, Aymara, Quechua, Rapa Nui), other 2.3%, unspecified 0.2%

Ethnic Groups: white and non-indigenous 88.9%, Mapuche 9.1%, Aymara 0.7%, other indigenous groups 1% (includes Rapa Nui, Likan Antai, Quechua, Colla, Diaguita, Kawesqar, Yagan or Yamana), unspecified 0.3%

Motto: Por la razón o la fuerza (Spanish) (By reason or by strength)

Area: 756,626 km2

Catholic Population: 14,778,000 Catholics (74.0% of 19,961,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 984 parishes, 15 mission stations (1 with resident priest, 14 without resident priest), 2,995 other centres

Clergy: 55 bishops (25 diocesan, 30 titular), 1,755 priests (1,013 diocesan, 742 religious), 1,191 permanent deacons (1,188 diocesan, 3 religious)

Non-Clergy: 3,222 religious (190 brothers, 3,032 sisters), 330 members of secular institutes (26 brothers, 304 sisters), 375 major seminarians, 2,051 missionaries, 19,601 catechists