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Patron Saints: Saint Patrick, Our Lady Queen of Nigeria

Saints: 1 Blessed

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Capital: Abuja

Area: 910,768 km²

Population: 190,632,261

Neighbouring Countries: ← Benin , ↑ Niger , ↗ Chad , ↘ Cameroon

Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%

Languages: English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani, over 500 additional indigenous languages

Ethnic Groups: Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is composed of more than 250 ethnic groups; the most populous and politically influential are: Hausa and the Fulani 29%, Yoruba 21%, Igbo (Ibo) 18%, Ijaw 10%, Kanuri 4%, Ibibio 3.5%, Tiv 2.5%

Motto: Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress (English)

Area: 923,768 km²

Catholic Population: 35,097,000 Catholics (15.8% of 222,205,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 4,944 parishes, 12,302 mission stations (58 with resident priest, 12,244 without resident priest), 371 other centres

Clergy: 82 bishops (59 diocesan, 23 titular), 10,309 priests (8,312 diocesan, 1,997 religious), 2 permanent deacons (1 diocesan, 1 religious)

Non-Clergy: 7,294 religious (603 brothers, 6,691 sisters), 73 members of secular institutes (21 brothers, 52 sisters), 6,333 major seminarians, 2,953 missionaries, 22,228 catechists