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Catholic > Diocesan priests	438	[50th of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses	9	[58th of 150]
DEFINITION: Number of Dioceses. The term "diocese" is used to indicate any Catholic ecclesial jurisdiction. In most cases a diocese is a specific geographic area. Dioceses within the same rite do not normally overlap.
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholic > Parishes	383	[48th of 149]
DEFINITION: Number of Parishes
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholic > Permanent Deacons	3	[56th of 90]
DEFINITION: Number of Permanent Deacons
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholic > Religious Priests	235	[58th of 148]
DEFINITION: Number of Religious Priests
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholic > Total Priests	673	[54th of 149]
DEFINITION: Total number of Priests
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholics	4,971,000	[37th of 140]
DEFINITION: Number of Catholics
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholics as percentage	75.95	[34th of 150]
DEFINITION: Percentage of the total population who are Catholic
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Jehovahs Witnesses	30,687	[35th of 178]
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Jews	120	[90th of 89]
SOURCE: watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide
Protestantism > By country > Protestants	1,421,446	[45th of 167]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant	21.2 %	[53rd of 163]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
Religions > A note there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
Religions > All Roman Catholic 83%, other 17%
DEFINITION: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Religions > Roman Catholic	83 %	[28th of 96]
DEFINITION: Percent of population who are Roman Catholics. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic	79.1 %	[36th of 170]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total	3,828,516	[48th of 170]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country
Seventh-day Adventist Membership	129,115	[32nd of 232]
DEFINITION: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country