• PEOPLE NAME: SAINT LUCIANS OF SAINT LUCIA

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Afro-Caribbean

Language: Lesser Antillean French Creole - (acf)

Alternate Name(s): St Lucian

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Saint Lucia

Also found in: Canada; French Guiana; Trinidad and Tobago; United States

Population: 164,000

Global Population: 218,250


PEID: 16414

ROP: 109546

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Saint Lucians of Saint Lucia, numbering 164,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Afro-Caribbean people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 218,250 in 5 countries. Their primary language is Lesser Antillean French Creole. The primary religion practiced by the Saint Lucians is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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