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Patron Saints: Imaculada Conceição da Virgem Santa Maria (December 8), Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)

Saints: 41 Saints, 56 Blesseds

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Continent: West Europe

Capital: Lisbon

Area: 91,470 km²

Population: 10,839,514

Neighbouring Countries: → Spain , ↘ Morocco

Religions: Roman Catholic 81%, other Christian 3.3%, other (includes Jewish, Muslim, other) 0.6%, none 6.8%, unspecified 8.3%

Languages: Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official, but locally used)

Ethnic Groups: homogeneous Mediterranean population; citizens of black African descent who immigrated to mainland during decolonization number less than 100,000; since 1990, East Europeans have migrated to Portugal

Motto: O bem da Nação (Portuguese) (The good of the nation)

Area: 91,982 km²

Catholic Population: 9,199,000 Catholics (87.9% of 10,467,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 4,413 parishes, 1,690 other centres

Clergy: 47 bishops (20 diocesan, 27 titular), 3,137 priests (2,251 diocesan, 886 religious), 423 permanent deacons (419 diocesan, 4 religious)

Non-Clergy: 3,986 religious (194 brothers, 3,792 sisters), 439 members of secular institutes (2 brothers, 437 sisters), 356 major seminarians, 94 missionaries, 49,145 catechists