Catholic Church in Mauritius

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]

The country is divided into two territorial jurisdictions:

• Port-Louis
• Vicariate Apostolic of Rodrigues

In 2020, there were 99 priests and 171 nuns serving 48 parishes.^[3]

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	Saint Gabriel	Rodrigues	7,013	93,6%
3	Grande Montagne	Rodrigues	6,093	92.8%
4	Baie aux Huîtres	Rodrigues	5,425	89.3%
5	La Ferme	Rodrigues	6,108	88.5%
6	Port Mathurin	Rodrigues	6,762	87.8%
7	Case Noyale	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	Baie du Cap	Savanne	1,332	55.8%
15	La Gaulette	Rivière Noire	1,221	52.7%
16	Bambous Virieux	Grand Port	750	50.1%

See also

• Christianity in Mauritius
• List of saints from Africa

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy website

References

1. "Resident population by religion and sex" (PDF). Statistics Mauritius. p. 68. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
2. World Religion Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08
3. Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08