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Black Catholics: Worldwide Count

Global Count of Catholics of African Descent: 270 MILLION *

Today the 270 million Catholics of African descent represent almost 25% of the one billion Roman Catholics throughout the world in more than 59 countries.

AFRICA	141 Million
Angola	8.0
Benin	1.6
Burkina Faso	1.4
Burundi	4.0
Cameroon	3.9
Central Africa Republic	0.8
Chad	0.8
Democratic Rep. of Congo	28.0
Ethiopia	0.5
Gabon	0.8
Ghana	2.3
Ivory Coast	2.9
Kenya	7.5
Malawi	2.8
Mozambique	4.2
Nigeria	34.0
Rwanda	3.8
Senegal	0.5
South Africa	3.0
Sudan	3.8
Tanzania	10
Togo	1.3
Uganda	10.0
Zaire	3.0
Zambia	3.0
Zimbabwe	1.1

LATIN AMERICA	105.9 Million
Brazil	65
Columbia	20
Ecuador	1.5
Guatemala	.2
Honduras	.2
Mexico	12
Panama	2
Venezuela	5

CARIBBEAN & NORTH AMERICA	21 Million
Cuba	4
Dominican Republic	8
Haiti	6
United States	3

U.S. Statistics of Black Catholics

1300 Parishes

250 African American Priests

300 African American Sisters

380 African American Deacons

Research done by the Catholic African World Network. The principal resources used were: The World Christian Encyclopedia edited by D. Barrett; The 2004 Catholic Almanac edited by Matthew Brunson, D.Min.; The African American Secretariat of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference; the Internet and global in the field research. Contact: CatholicAWN@aol.com

*The count is based on millions and fractions of a million. Countries listed above have at least .2 million count of Catholics of African descent, while other countries not listed have less than this number. The racial conventions used to identify 'African descent' vary throughout the world. Also not accounted for are the emerging Asian populations of African descent.

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