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Patron Saint: Mary Queen of Africa

Saints: 22 Saints, 3 Blesseds

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Capital: Kampala

Area: 197,100 km²

Population: 39,570,125

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Rwanda , ← Congo-Kinshasa , ↑ South Sudan , → Kenya , ↓ Tanzania

Religions: Protestant 45.1% (Anglican 32.0%, Pentecostal/Born Again/Evangelical 11.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.7%, Baptist .3%), Roman Catholic 39.3%, Muslim 13.7%, other 1.6%, none 0.2%

Languages: English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic

Ethnic Groups: Baganda 16.5%, Banyankole 9.6%, Basoga 8.8%, Bakiga 7.1%, Iteso 7%, Langi 6.3%, Bagisu 4.9%, Acholi 4.4%, Lugbara 3.3%, other 32.1%

Motto: For God and My Country (English)

Area: 241,038 km²

Catholic Population: 20,078,000 Catholics (46.8% of 42,886,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 686 parishes, 6,113 mission stations (38 with resident priest, 6,075 without resident priest), 705 other centres

Clergy: 29 bishops (18 diocesan, 11 titular), 2,637 priests (2,239 diocesan, 398 religious)

Non-Clergy: 4,725 religious (729 brothers, 3,996 sisters), 6 members of secular institutes (2 brothers, 4 sisters), 1,746 major seminarians, 54 missionaries, 20,790 catechists