Catholic Church

Also known as: Frankreich (Deutsch), Francia (español, Italiano, latine), la France (français), Francja (polski), França (Português), 法國 (繁體中文), フランス (日本語)

Dependencies: French Guiana , French Polynesia , French Southern Territories , Guadeloupe , Martinique , Mayotte , New Caledonia , Réunion , Saint Barthélemy , Saint Martin , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Wallis and Futuna

Continent: West Europe

Capital: Paris

Population: 60,424,000

Area: 545,630 km²

Patron Saints: Our Lady of Assumption, St. Joan of Arc, St. Denis, St. Martin of Tours, St. Therese of Lisieux

Religions: Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%

Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)

Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French) (Liberty, equality, fraternity)

Neighbouring Countries: ↓ Andorra , ↙ Spain , ↖ Guernsey , ↖ Jersey , ↑ United Kingdom , ↑ Belgium , ↗ Luxembourg , ↗ Germany , → Switzerland , ↘ Italy , ↘ Monaco

Circumscriptions (99): Metr. Archdioceses (15), Archdioceses (9), Dioceses (72), Territorial Prelatures (1), Ordinariates (1), Military Ordinariates (1)

Roman Rite (95): Agen, Aire et Dax, Aix, Ajaccio, Albi, Amiens, Angers, Angoulême, Annecy, Arras, Auch, Autun, Avignon, Bayeux, Bayonne, Beauvais, Belfort–Montbéliard, Belley–Ars, Besançon, Blois, Bordeaux, Bourges, Cahors, Cambrai, Carcassonne et Narbonne, Châlons-en-Champagne, Chambéry–Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne–Tarentaise, Chartres, Clermont, Coutances, Créteil, Digne, Dijon, Diocèse aux Armées Françaises, Évreux, Évry–Corbeil–Essonnes, Fréjus–Toulon, Gap, Grenoble–Vienne, La Rochelle, Langres, Laval, Le Havre, Le Mans, Le Puy-en-Velay, Lille, Limoges, Luçon, Lyon, Marseille, Meaux, Mende, Metz, Mission de France, Montauban, Montpellier, Moulins, Nancy, Nanterre, Nantes, Nevers, Nice, Nîmes, Orléans, Pamiers, Paris, Périgueux, Perpignan–Elne, Poitiers, Pontoise, Quimper, Reims, Rennes, Rodez, Rouen, Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Claude, Saint-Denis, Saint-Dié, Saint-Étienne, Saint-Flour, Séez, Sens, Soissons, Strasbourg, Tarbes et Lourdes, Toulouse, Tours, Troyes, Tulle, Valence, Vannes, Verdun, Versailles, Viviers

Armenian Church (1): Sainte-Croix-de-Paris

Maronite Church (1): Notre-Dame du Liban de Paris

Ukrainian Church (1): Saint-Vladimir-le-Grand de Paris

Eastern Rite without proper Ordinary (1): Ordinaire des catholiques de rite oriental résidant en France

Cardinals (4 electors/8 total): Barbarin (62), Etchegaray (90), Panafieu (82), Poupard (82), Ricard (68), Tauran (69), Vanhoye (89), Vingt-Trois (70) | All Cardinals

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Apostolic Nunciature: France

Holy See Representation: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Holy See Representation: Council of Europe

Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques de France

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)