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Patron Saint: St. Michael

Saints: 1 Saint, 1 Blessed

Continent: Oceania

Capital: Port Moresby

Area: 452,860 km²

Population: 6,909,701

Neighbouring Countries: ← Indonesia , ↑ Micronesia , → Solomon Islands , ↓ Australia

Religions: Roman Catholic 27%, Protestant 69.4% (Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%), Baha'i 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3%

Languages: Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 839 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); many languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers

Ethnic Groups: Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian

Motto: Unity in Diversity (English)

Area: 462,840 km²

Catholic Population: 2,545,000 Catholics (30.1% of 8,463,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 435 parishes, 672 mission stations (58 with resident priest, 614 without resident priest), 345 other centres

Clergy: 25 bishops (19 diocesan, 6 titular), 597 priests (304 diocesan, 293 religious), 1 permanent deacon (religious)

Non-Clergy: 985 religious (163 brothers, 822 sisters), 343 major seminarians, 14 missionaries, 3,201 catechists