Sounds like a dismal reality, to be sure. I can relate to the numbers, sad as they are…
Perhaps a miracle** is** in order.
I hope I am not going off on a tangent here; If the priest is not able to celebrate the EF, what are they teaching in the seminaries in general? I always thought that they were required to know it, and are usually trained in university in the Latin. Perhaps someone could clarify this point for me?
Undergraduates are required to have either a degree in Philosophy, or if they have a degree already, have two years of philosophy (I don’t think they get a second degree) in this ARchdiocese (Oregon). As to Latin, I do not know if it is required, but years ago - I think it was in the 80’s, Pope John Paul 2 jokingly chided bishops for their lack of use of Latin.
As to what they learn in theology, they learn theology, and as part of their training to be a priest, they learn the rubrics of the OF. As it is the OF, and it is universally celebrated in the Roman rite, and is the Mass form that the vast, vast majority of Masses are said in, that is what they learn.
To a certain extent, the whole situation is a Catch 22. Most bishops are not out promoting it (a few have, as noted in the thread herein). Whether it is presumed the very few want it, or whether there has been surveys done, formally or informally, or whether they are simply not hearing from any significant number of people requesting it, or they lack priests trained in it, there isn’t much impetus for them to go out and solve a problem when they see no problem.
Keep in mind also that one does not have to be anti-Vatican 2, or anti-OF, or anti-vernacular in general to want the EF. However, there have been a small but very vocal group that has pushed very hard, and pushed in a way that has an ecclesiology that is at odds with the Church and specifically the Roman rite. It somewhat gets back to the old phrase about the cat: a cat sits on a hot stove, and the cat doesn’t sit on a hot stove again; and a smart cat doesn’t sit on a cold stove. It is easy to categorize bishops as liberal obstructionists, and some without any doubt whatsoever are or have been. However, any bishop who gets attacked by a small group whose position is at the fringes is only going to be attacked about so often, and then the results are going to come in and they will (too often) brand a group of people as fringe when perhaps only a few are. In short, a rotten apple or two has infected the barrel.
To put it another way: there are not all that many Catholics who ascribe to the articles and philosphy that has, for example, been expressed in the Remnant on more than one occasion; but it only takes a small group to paint a much broader group with a brush that is undeserving.
I served in Viet Nam. The vast majority of troups who rotated through that war zone did so very honorably; but it only took one My Lai to paint the whole lot as baby killers. They simply weren’t, but few of the public took the time to think; the public simply reacted.
Let’s try it another way. Chicago Archdiocese has 1712 Masses said on a weekend. Out of that there are 12 Masses said in the EF; the rest are said on the OF.
Assuming that both the EF and the OF average 600 people per Mass, that means that 7200 out of 1,369,600 people are attending the EF, or about 0.525% (just a hair over 1/2 percent) of the people attending a Mass are attending the EF. Take that perspective, and how many priests are going to be trained in the EF? How much money will the bishop expend to cover that? Assume for the moment that the EF went up in attendance 500% (6 times as many); there would now be 3.15%+ attending the EF.
Run the numbers differently: assume there is only an average attendance of 400 per Mass, but 800 per Mass at the EF (12 of them). That is 684800 people attending Mass; 9600 at the EF, for a 1.4% total. I suspect that both numbers a skewed - average attendance too low in this scenario, and probably not 800 per Mass at the EF. But that gives a bit of perspective.
Note: in no way do I intend to convey any thought that the EF should not be made available to those who desire it. But even in the wildest of sceanrios, it appears that the majority, even the large majority will want the OF for quite some time into the future.
) about more traditional parishes here in the DFW area. (I even started a thread on the NO mass I went to this evening. 
) Perhaps the three of us and some others can start a petition or get a notice put in our local bulletins.