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The Catalonians of Venezuela

The Catalonians of Venezuela, numbering approximately 5,300 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Romance-speaking people of northeastern Iberia whose culture is centered on the Catalan language, a strong regional identity, and a historical tradition of self-government and Mediterranean commerce. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Catalan is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Catalonian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Venezuela
People Cluster: Spanish
Primary Language(s): Catalan (cat)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 5,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016464
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Pray for the Catalonians of Venezuela

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

87%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Catalan
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Catalan Speakers

Media Resources in Catalan:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Catalan:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Traducció Interconfessional✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Catalan bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Catalonians:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Catalonians of Venezuela

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Catalan Across Countries (ROP3 - 101896) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
AndorransPG000001AndorransAndorra46,500Unengaged and UnreachedCatalanRoman Catholicism
CataloniansPG000142CataloniansFrance126,000No Longer UnreachedCatalanRoman Catholicism
CataloniansPG000514CataloniansSpain8,445,000Engaged yet UnreachedCatalanUnaffiliated
CataloniansPG016464CataloniansVenezuela5,300Unengaged and UnreachedCatalanRoman Catholicism
CataloniansPG017332CataloniansArgentina233,000Unengaged and UnreachedCatalanRoman Catholicism
CataloniansPG043189CataloniansUnited States2,300No Longer UnreachedCatalanRoman Catholicism

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