Catholic Church in Taiwan 🇹🇼

Also known as: Taiwán (español), Taïwan (français), Taiwan (Deutsch, Italiano), Tajwan (polski), Formosa (Português), 臺灣（中華民國） (正體中文), 台湾（中华民国） (简体中文), 台湾 (日本語), Taiwanum (latine)

By Type (8)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (1)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (7)

By Rite

Roman Rite (8): Chiayi 嘉義, Hsinchu 新竹, Hualien 花蓮, Kaohsiung 高雄, Taichung 臺中, Tainan 臺南, Taipei 臺北, Xiamen 廈門

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Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses

Apostolic Nunciature: China

Conference of Bishops: Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)

Celebrations

Saints: 1 Saint

Liturgical Calendar 📅

Geography

Continent: South and East Asia

Capital: Taipei

Area: 32,260 km²

Population: 23,508,428

Neighbouring Countries: ← China , ↗ Japan , ↓ Philippines

Cultural Summary

Religions: Buddhist 35.3%, Taoist 33.2%, Christian 3.9%, Taoist or Confucian folk religionist approximately 10%, none or unspecified 18.2%

Languages: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min Nan), Hakka dialects

Ethnic Groups: more than 95% Han Chinese (including Hoklo, who compose approximately 70% of Taiwan's population, Hakka, and other groups originating in mainland China), 2.3% indigenous Malayo-Polynesian peoples

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Area: 35,961 km²

Catholic Population: 228,000 Catholics (1.0% of 23,237,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 412 parishes, 7 other centres

Clergy: 14 bishops (7 diocesan, 7 titular), 551 priests (175 diocesan, 376 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,073 religious (19 brothers, 1,054 sisters), 114 members of secular institutes (11 brothers, 103 sisters), 49 major seminarians, 252 missionaries, 161 catechists

Consecrated Persons (Not Ordained)

Seminarians

Lay Missionaries

Catechists