Catholic Church in Andorra

{{short description|none}} {{Catholic Church by country}} [[File:Ordino03.jpg|thumb|Church of St Martin, Ordino]] The '''Catholic Church in Andorra''' is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]].

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-Prince of Andorra|Co-Princes]].<ref name=PEW10>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country|title=PEW Research Center: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country 2010|date=19 December 2011|access-date=13 October 2015}}</ref>

Few official statistics are available on religion; estimates of the Catholic population in 2020 range from 89.5%<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20260110202648/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/religions/ CIA handbook, retrieved 2023-08-28]</ref> and 99.21%.<ref>[https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/andorra Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08]</ref>

==Organization==

The country has never had a [[diocese]] and belongs to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell|Diocese of Urgell]], whose [[bishop]], together with the [[President of France|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esglesiacatolica.ad/parroquies_fra.htm |title=Paroisses d'Andorre |access-date=20 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010415163113/http://www.esglesiacatolica.ad/parroquies_fra.htm |archive-date=2001-04-15 |language=fr |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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

==Apostolic Nunciature==

The [[Apostolic Nunciature|apostolic nunciature]] in Andorra was established on 16 June 1995.<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_20010123_holy-see-relations_it.html Vatican.va website]</ref> 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.

==See also== *[[Freedom of religion in Andorra]] *[[Catholic Church by country]]

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060305034820/http://www.esglesiacatolica.ad/index.htm Homepage of the Catholic Church in Andorra in French, Spanish and Catalan] *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dxxad.html Catholic Hierarchy.org website]

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