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Tuvalu

Tuvalu

Also known as: les Tuvalu (français), Tuvalu (Deutsch, español, Italiano, polski, Português, latine), 圖瓦盧 (繁體中文), ツバル (日本語)

Formerly: Ellice Islands

Continent: Oceania

Capital: Fongafale

Population: 11,500

Area: 26 km²

Religions: Church of Tuvalu (Congregationalist) 97%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.4%, Baha’i 1%, other 0.6%

Languages: Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)

Motto: Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvaluan) (Tuvalu for the Almighty)

Neighbouring Countries: Fiji Fiji, Kiribati Kiribati, Samoa Samoa, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, Tokelau Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna


Circumscriptions (1): Missions “sui iuris” (1)


Roman Rite (1): Funafuti


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Apostolic Delegation: Pacific Ocean 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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