Catholic Church in Cabo Verde

By Type (2)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (2)

By Rite

Roman Rite (2): Mindelo, Santiago de Cabo Verde

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Changes in Jurisdictions | Former Jurisdictions

Apostolic Nunciature: Cape Verde

Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie, du Cap-Vert et de Guinée-Bissau

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Catholic Population: 599,000 Catholics (90.9% of 659,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes, 150 other centres

Clergy: 2 bishops (diocesan), 76 priests (41 diocesan, 35 religious), 27 permanent deacons (26 diocesan, 1 religious)

Non-Clergy: 202 religious (7 brothers, 195 sisters), 40 major seminarians, 12 missionaries, 3,150 catechists

Summary

Area: 4,033 km²

Population: 560,899

Religions: Roman Catholic 77.3%, Protestant 4.6% (includes Church of the Nazarene 1.7%, Adventist 1.5%, Assembly of God 0.9%, Universal Kingdom of God 0.4%, and God and Love 0.1%), other Christian 3.4% (includes Christian Rationalism 1.9%, Jehovah's Witness 1%, and New Apostolic 0.5%), Muslim 1.8%, other 1.3%, none 10.8%, unspecified 0.7%

Languages: Portuguese (official), Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)

Ethnic Groups: Creole (mulatto) 71%, African 28%, European 1%