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Also known as: Vereinigtes Königreich (Deutsch), Reino Unido (español, Português), le Royaume-Uni (français), Regno Unito (Italiano), Wielka Brytania (polski), 英國 (繁體中文), イギリス (日本語), Britanniarum Regnum (latine) Dependencies: Anguilla Continent: West Europe Capital: London Population: 60,270,000 Area: 241,590 km² Patron Saints: St. George (England), St. David (Wales), St. Andrew (Scotland) Religions: Anglican and Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000 Languages: English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) Motto: Dieu et mon droit (Latin) (God and my right) Neighbouring Countries: ↓ France Circumscriptions (39): Metr. Archdioceses (8), Dioceses (29), Military Ordinariates (1), Personal Ordinariates (1) Roman Rite (37): Aberdeen, Argyll and the Isles, Armagh, Arundel and Brighton, Birmingham, Brentwood, Cardiff, Catholic Bishopric of the Forces in Great Britain, Clifton, Clogher, Derry, Down and Connor, Dromore, Dunkeld, East Anglia, Galloway, Glasgow, Hallam, Hexham and Newcastle, Kilmore, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Menevia, Middlesbrough, Motherwell, Northampton, Nottingham, Paisley, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Salford, Shrewsbury, Southwark, Westminster, Wrexham Anglican Rite (1): Our Lady of Walsingham Ukrainian Church (1): Holy Family of London
Papal Visits
Apostolic Nunciature: Great Britain Apostolic Nunciature: Ireland Conference of Bishops: Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Conference of Bishops: Irish Episcopal Conference Conference of Bishops: Bishops’ Conference of Scotland International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.) International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.) as of 2013.06.18 © 2013 GCatholic.org |