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Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) (14)

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Roman Rite (27): Aguarico, Ambato, Azogues, Babahoyo, Cuenca, Daule, Esmeraldas, Galápagos, Guaranda, Guayaquil, Ibarra, Latacunga, Loja, Machala, Méndez, Napo, Obispado Castrense del Ecuador, Portoviejo, Puyo, Quito, Riobamba, San Jacinto, San Miguel de Sucumbíos, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo, Tulcán, Zamora

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Cathedrals (29)

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Patron Saints: Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Quinche (November 21)

Saints: 3 Saints, 3 Blesseds

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Catholic Population: 15,442,000 Catholics (87.0% of 17,751,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 1,289 parishes, 575 mission stations (17 with resident priest, 558 without resident priest), 3,766 other centres

Clergy: 49 bishops (16 diocesan, 33 titular), 2,134 priests (1,430 diocesan, 704 religious), 100 permanent deacons (94 diocesan, 6 religious)

Non-Clergy: 4,727 religious (630 brothers, 4,097 sisters), 156 members of secular institutes (2 brothers, 154 sisters), 428 major seminarians, 4,413 missionaries, 47,458 catechists

Area: 276,841 km²

Population: 16,290,913

Religions: Roman Catholic 74%, Evangelical 10.4%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 6.4% (includes Mormon Buddhist, Jewish, Spiritualist, Muslim, Hindu, indigenous religions, African American religions, Pentecostal), atheist 7.9%, agnostic 0.1%

Languages: Spanish (Castilian) 93% (official), Quechua 4.1%, other indigenous 0.7%, foreign 2.2%

Ethnic Groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 71.9%, Montubio 7.4%, Amerindian 7%, white 6.1%, Afroecuadorian 4.3%, mulatto 1.9%, black 1%, other 0.4%

Motto: Dios, patria y libertad (Spanish) (God, homeland and liberty)