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  2. Christianity in Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Christianity first came to Mauritius with the first inhabitants, the Dutch. However, the Dutch abandoned the island in 1710. [3] The French brought Christianity again when they arrived in 1715. From 1723, there was a law whereby all slaves coming to the island must be baptised Catholic. [5] This law does not seem to have been strictly adhered ...

  3. Religion in Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Christianity came to Mauritius with the first inhabitants, the Dutch. However, the Dutch abandoned the island in 1710. [10] The French brought Christianity again when they arrived in 1715. From 1723, there was a law whereby all slaves coming to the island must be baptised Catholic. [11] This law does not seem to have been strictly adhered to. [11]

  4. Catholic Church in Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church in Mauritius is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the 2011 census, Catholics made up 26% of the total population (324,811 people). [1] Later figures stated that they made up 21.34% of the population in 2020. [2]

  5. Demographics of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    The general population is the Christian community, which includes Creoles, mixed-race people, white people, and those who have converted to Christianity. Small groups of foreign students from Europe or the Indian Ocean region are also present.

  6. Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Mauritius, [a] officially the Republic of Mauritius, [b] is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals).

  7. Category:Christianity in Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Christianity in Mauritius This page was last edited on 4 January 2019, at 18:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  8. Religions by country - Wikipedia

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    Mauritius: 1,300,000 328,900 25.30 217,100 16.70 7,800 0.60 733,200 56.40 0 ... Christian Muslim Irreligion Hindu Buddhist Folk religion Other religion Jewish

  9. International rankings of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Mauritius’s Monotheism Religiously Studies: Is Diverse with no majority religion Wining 1st Spot in sight: Majority of the population are: Christianity:(46.%)