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In comparison to Europe and other Western nations, the Catholic Church still has a major influence in Latin American society. The vast majority of Latin Americans are Christians (90%), [1] mostly Catholics belonging to the Latin Church. [2] In 2012 Latin America constitutes, in absolute terms, the world's second largest Christian population ...
Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico, with cathedral see in São Paulo; also covering Mexico and Uruguay (with co-cathedral in Montevideo) Ordinariate for Eastern Catholics in Brazil, for Eastern Catholics of all rites without proper see; cumulated with varying Latin Church Metropolitan sees
The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome ()." [2] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. [2]
Roman Catholic church buildings in South America (16 C) Roman Catholic dioceses in South America (12 C, 4 P) Roman Catholic missionaries in South America (13 C)
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Basilica churches in South America (10 C, 1 P) Roman Catholic cathedrals in South America (10 C, 3 P) ... Roman Catholic churches in the Falkland Islands (1 P)
The following is a current list of Catholic archdioceses ordered by continent and country (for the Latin Church) and by liturgical rite (for the Eastern Catholic Churches).
The Catholic Church is the largest denomination in the country, where 123 million people, [6] or 64.6% of the Brazilian population, were self-declared Catholics in 2010. [7] These figures made Brazil the single country with the largest Catholic community in the world.