Catholic Church in Andorra

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The Catholic Church in Andorra is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

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There are about 60,000 Catholics in Andorra, making up 88% of the total population, and the country forms part of the Spanish Diocese of Urgell, whose bishop is also one of the country's Co-Princes. [1]

Few official statistics are available on religion; estimates of the Catholic population in 2020 range from 89.5% [2] and 99.21%. [3]

Organization

The country has never had a diocese and belongs to the Diocese of Urgell, whose bishop, together with the President of the French Republic, shares the role of head of state of the tiny country.

From a historical point of view Andorra was evangelized through the bishopric of Urgell, in the reign of St. Just, in the mid-sixth century.

The principality is divided into seven parishes: Canillo, Encamp, Ordino, La Massana, Andorra la Vella, Sant Julia de Loria and Escaldes-Engordany. [4]

Càritas Andorrana is the social welfare organisation of the Andorran Catholic Church.

Apostolic Nunciature

The apostolic nunciature in Andorra was established on 16 June 1995. [5] The Apostolic Nuncio is also nuncio in Spain and lives in Madrid.

The current Apostolic Nuncio is the Archbishop Bernardito Auza, appointed by Pope Francis on 1 October 2019.

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References

  1. ↑ "PEW Research Center: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country 2010". 19 December 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ↑ CIA handbook, retrieved 2023-08-28
  3. ↑ Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08
  4. ↑ "Paroisses d'Andorre" (in French). Archived from the original on 2001-04-15. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Vatican.va website


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