Guadeloupe
Population: 400,000
Life expectancy male/female: 71/78 years
Infant mortality rate: 12‰ Religions: Catholics; Protestants Sects.
GDP per capita: US$ 8,600 (1992)

The Spiritans, who were 50 in 1974, are today 14, all at the service of the local Church, the majority in parishes, but also in some diocesan services.