Also known as: les Samoa (français), Samoa (Deutsch, español, Italiano, polski, Português, latine), 薩摩亞 (正體中文), サモア (日本語)
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (1)
Roman Rite (1): Samoa–Apia
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses
Apostolic Nunciature: Samoa Archbishop Gábor Pintér (62)
Conference of Bishops: Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici (C.E. PAC.) Archbishop Ryan Jimenez Pagente (54)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.)
Continent: Oceania
Capital: Apia
Area: 2,821 km2
Population: 200,108
Former Name: Western Samoa
Neighbouring Countries: ← Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, ↖ Tuvalu Tuvalu, ↑ Tokelau Tokelau, → American Samoa American Samoa, ↓ Tonga Tonga
Religions: Protestant 52.6% (Congregationalist 29%, Methodist 12.4%, Assembly of God 6.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%), Roman Catholic 18.8%, Mormon 16.9%, Worship Centre 2.8%, other Christian 6.3%, other Protestant 2.4%, other 2.4% (includes Baha'i, Muslim), none 0.2%
Languages: Samoan (Polynesian) (official) 91.1%, Somoan/English 6.7%, English (official) 0.5%, other 0.2%, unspecified 1.6%
Ethnic Groups: Samoan 97.4%, other 2.6%
Motto: Fa’avae i le Atua Samoa (Samoan) (God be the Foundation of Samoa)
Area: 2,831 km2
Catholic Population: 38,000 Catholics (18.4% of 206,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 67 parishes
Clergy: 55 priests (39 diocesan, 16 religious), 129 permanent deacons (diocesan)
Non-Clergy: 78 religious (5 brothers, 73 sisters), 18 major seminarians, 121 catechists
Last updated on 2026年06月08日
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