Catholic Church in Palau

{{Short description|none}} {{Catholic Church by country}} The '''Catholic Church in Palau''' is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[Pope]] in [[Rome]]. According to the last census (2000) 41.6% of the population belonged to the Catholic Church. Palau belongs to the [[Diocese of Caroline Islands]], which is itself a suffragan to the [[Archdiocese of Agaña]] (Guam).

==History== On April 28, 1891, Spanish Capuchin missionaries arrived to start a permanent Catholic presence on the island.<ref>{{cite web | author= Hezel, Francis X| date= January 1, 2003| title= THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PALAU| work=Micronesian Seminar| url=https://www.micsem.org/pubs/books/catholic/palau/index.htm| access-date=2008-12-09}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Gregorio Ramarui]] *[[Sacred Heart Church, Koror]]

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