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Roman Catholicism in Samoa : ウィキペディア英語版 | Roman Catholicism in Samoa
The Roman Catholic Church in Samoa is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, which, inspired by the life, death and teachings of Jesus Christ, and under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Roman curia in the Vatican City (within Rome) is the largest Christian church in the world. Catholic missionaries arrived in Samoa in 1845 and today Catholics account for around 20% of the overall population. Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga was ordained as head of the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia in 2003. ==Demographics== A 2002 census revealed that out of 176,848 Samoans, 24,754 of them were Roman Catholics. The population of Samoa is about 99% Christian.〔http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/WS.htm〕 According to the CIA World Fact Book, in the 2001 census, Roman Catholics accounted for 19.6% of the population, being the second largest Christian denomination after Congregationalist at 34.8%.〔https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ws.html#People〕
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