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The
Catholic Church in Hong Kong, established in 1841, is
under the leadership of Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun with
the assistance of 299 priests and 529 religious Sisters
belonging to the diocese of Hong Kong and 45 religious
or missionary societies. It has a Catholic population
of about 240,000 and an average of 4,000 baptisms per
year. The majority of the Hong Kong Catholics are Chinese.
However, there are various national groups of Filipino,
Korean, Japanese, Indian, French and German active Catholics.
Sunday religious services are offered in 99 places, and
there are 317 Catholic schools and 71 various social service
centres.
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