Catholic Church in Saint Lucia

The Catholic Church in St. Lucia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and the curia in Rome. Catholics form roughly a two-thirds majority (61.5%) of the island's population of 163,362 (2004).[1] The entire country comprises a single diocese, the Archdiocese of Castries.[2]

Saint Lucia is a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference and shares a single apostolic nuncio with the other nations that are part of the episcopal conference.

References

CIA World Factbook - St Lucia Accessed March 3, 2015
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcast.html

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[1] CIA World Factbook - St Lucia Accessed March 3, 2015

[2] ttp://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcast.html

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