Vatican - Catholic Church Statistics

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VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS

FIDES - October 2007 - Mission Sunday 2007 Special FeatureCATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS WORLD POPULATION - CATHOLICSPERSONS /CATHOLICS PER PRIEST ECCLESIASTICAL CIRCUMSCRIPTIONS - MISSION STATIONSBISHOPSPRIESTSPERMANENT DE…

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[Brad]

How interesting.

Total Bishops up by 57.

Total Priests up by 520.

Total Diocesan Priests up by 929.

Diocesan Priest in America up by 370.

Total Major Seminarians up by 1,395.

Major Seminarians in America up by 210.

And Catholics are increasing at a greater rate than Priests.

All in all, not so bad as many(in the Church even) would make you think.

 

[Catholic29]

persons and Catholics per priest:

The number of persons per priest in the world *increased *by 143units, (average 12,591). Distributed by continent as follows: increase in America, Europe and Oceania, a decrease in Africa and Asia : Africa (- 286) America (+106) Asia (- 1,228) Europe (+22) Oceania (+225);
The number of Catholics per priest in the world increased by 37 units (average 2,743). Here too we have increases in America, Europe and Oceania and decreases in Africa and Asia Africa (- 20) America (+80) Asia (-24) Europe (+21) Oceania (+60);

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Third world countries are embracing the faith, while the developed West continues on its path of secularization.
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