Catholic Church in Mauritius

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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.

There are just over 300,000 Catholics in Mauritius, about a quarter of the total population. The country is divided into two territorial jurisdictions:

Catholicism by district[]

Rank District % Catholic % Christian
1 Rodrigues 90,9 97,7
2 Black River 45,9 56,6
3 Port Louis 34,7 41,4
4 Plaines Wilhems 28,9 36,8
5 Savanne 19,4 24,1
6 Pamplemousses 19,4 25,1
7 Grand Port 17,8 23,4
8 Rivière du Rempart 15,8 25,1
9 Flacq 15,0 19,7
10 Moka 13,4 18,1

Catholicism by populated places[]

List of places in Mauritius with a Roman Catholic population of at least 50.0% of the total population.

Rank Place Name District Roman-Catholics Percentage
1 Marechal Rodrigues 5,351 94.0%
2 Rodrigues 7,013 93,6%
3 Rodrigues 6,093 92.8%
4 Baie aux Huîtres Rodrigues 5,425 89.3%
5 Rodrigues 6,108 88.5%
6 Port Mathurin Rodrigues 6,762 87.8%
7 Rivière Noire 1,311 77.0%
8 Le Morne Rivière Noire 881 67.8%
9 Albion Rivière Noire 3,253 62.5%
10 Baie du Tombeau Pamplemousses 9,037 61.5%
11 Tamarin Rivière Noire 2,316 61.5%
12 Grande Rivière Noire Rivière Noire 1,578 59.1%
13 Bel Ombre Savanne 1,419 58.7%
14 Savanne 1,332 55.8%
15 Rivière Noire 1,221 52.7%
16 Grand Port 750 50.1%

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