The Catholic Church in Hong Kong, established in 1841, is under the leadership of Cardinal 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.