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Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshall Islands)

Marshall Islands

Also known as: Marshallinseln (Deutsch), Marshall Islas Marshall (español), les Îles Marshall (français), Isole Marshall (Italiano), Wyspy Marshalla (polski), Ilhas Marshall (Português), 馬紹爾群島 (繁體中文), マーシャル諸島 (日本語), Insulae Marsalienses (latine)

Continent: Oceania

Capital: Majuro

Population: 57,700

Area: 181.3 km²

Religions: Christian (mostly Protestant)

Languages: English (widely spoken as a second language, both English and Marshallese are official languages), two major Marshallese dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family, Japanese

Neighbouring Countries: Kiribati Kiribati, Micronesia Micronesia, U.S. Minor Islands U.S. Minor Islands


Circumscriptions (1): Apostolic Prefectures (1)


Roman Rite (1): Marshall Islands


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Special Churches Special Churches: Cathedrals Cathedrals (1)


Apostolic Nunciature: Marshall Islands Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo (60)

Conference of Bishops: Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici (C.E. PAC.) Link Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi (50)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.) Archbishop John Atcherley Dew (63)


as of 2012.01.15

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