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Catholic ChurchinRepublic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone) | ![]() |
Also known as: Sierra Leona (español), la Sierra Leone (français), Sierra Leone (Deutsch, Italiano, polski), Serra Leoa (Português), 塞拉利昂 (正體中文), シエラレオネ (日本語), Mons Leoninus (latine)
Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Capital: Freetown
Population: 5,743,725
Area: 71,620 km²
Religions: Muslim 60%, Christian 10%, indigenous beliefs 30%
Languages: English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)
Motto: Unity, freedom, justice (English)
Circumscriptions (4): Metr. Archdioceses (1), Dioceses (3)
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Circumscriptions | Former Circumscriptions
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Special Churches:
Cathedrals (4)
Apostolic Nunciature: Sierra Leone
Conference of Bishops: Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Gambia and Sierra Leone (ITCABIC)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (R.E.C.O.W.A.)
as of 2018.03.25
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