Where We Work

*For a detailed country profile, click on the requisite country in the map

Demographic chart of the countries in which we work

CountryPredominant religion in the countryChristian population (approx.)Christian population as  a percentage of national population (approx.)Predominant Christian denomination in the countryPredominant Catholic denomination in the country ( in communion with the Bishop of Rome)Number of projects supported by Œuvre d’Orient
ArmeniaChristianity2,850,00095%Armenian ApostolicArmenian Catholic  (Armenian Rite)3
EgyptIslam (Sunni)10,000,00010%Coptic OrthodoxCoptic Catholic  (Alexandrian Rite)47
EritreaChristianity3,800,00063%Eritrean Orthodox TewahedoEritrean Catholic  (Alexandrian Rite)6
EthiopiaChristianity6,900,00062%Ethiopian Orthodox

Ethiopian Catholic 

(Alexandrian Rite)

28
FranceChristianity34,000,00051%Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic 

(Roman Rite)

 
IndiaHinduism32,000,0002.50%Roman Catholic 

Syro-Malabar Catholic   

(East Syriac Rite)

49
IranIslam (Shia)300,0000.40%Armenian Apostolic 

Chaldean Catholic

(East Syriac Rite)

7
Iraq

Islam

(Sunni & Shia)

400,0001.20%Ancient Church of the East

Chaldean Catholic                 

(East Syriac Rite)

24
IsraelJudaism180,0002%Eastern Orthodox

Melkite Greek Catholic 

(Byzantine Rite)

19
JordanIslam (Sunni)300,0003%Greek Orthodox

Melkite Greek Catholic

(Byzantine Rite)

6
Lebanon

Islam

(Sunni & Shia)

2,800,00040%MaroniteMaronite  (West Syriac Rite)94
PalestineIslam (Sunni)600,0001%Oriental OrthodoxLatin Patriarchate of Jerusalem  (Roman Rite)8
RomaniaChristianity18,400,00092%Romanian Orthodox

Romanian Greek Catholic

(Byzantine Rite)

16
SyriaIslam (Sunni)1,750,00010%Chalcedonian Antiochian Orthodox 

Melkite Catholic 

(Byzantine Rite)

47
TurkeyIslam (Sunni)160,0000.20%Armenian Apostolic

Armenian Catholic

(Armenian Rite)

5
United KingdomChristianity39,500,00060%Anglican

Roman Catholic

(Roman Rite)

1
UkraineChristianity36,200,00083%Eastern Orthodox

Ukrainian Greek Catholic

(Byzantine Rite)

19