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Patron Saints: Saint Casimir, Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg

Saints: 4 Saints, 9 Blesseds

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Continent: East Europe

Capital: Vilnius

Area: 62,680 km²

Population: 2,823,859

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Poland , ↙ Russia , ↑ Latvia , ↘ Belarus

Religions: Roman Catholic 77.2%, Russian Orthodox 4.1%, Old Believer 0.8%, Evangelical Lutheran 0.6%, Evangelical Reformist 0.2%, other (including Sunni Muslim, Jewish, Greek Catholic, and Karaite) 0.8%, none 6.1%, unspecified 10.1%

Languages: Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other 0.9%, unspecified 3.5%

Ethnic Groups: Lithuanian 84.1%, Polish 6.6%, Russian 5.8%, Belarusian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.2%

Motto: Tautos jėga vienybėje (Lithuanian) (The strength of the nation lies in unity)

Area: 65,200 km²

Catholic Population: 2,136,000 Catholics (76.4% of 2,796,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 710 parishes, 227 other centres

Clergy: 16 bishops (7 diocesan, 9 titular), 763 priests (657 diocesan, 106 religious), 12 permanent deacons (9 diocesan, 3 religious)

Non-Clergy: 516 religious (18 brothers, 498 sisters), 10 members of secular institutes (sisters), 48 major seminarians, 842 catechists