Recent Statistics Worth Pondering
taken from the CARA Newsletter |
|
1995 |
2002 |
| Diocesan priests |
32,349 |
30,009 |
| Religious Priests |
16,705 |
14,825 |
| Total Priests |
49,052 |
44,874 |
| Priestly ordinations |
511 |
450 |
| Graduate-level seminarians |
3,172 |
3,584 |
| Permanent deacons |
10,932 |
13,277 |
| Religious brothers |
6,535 |
5,617 |
| Religious sisters |
90,809 |
74,177 |
| Parishes |
19,331 |
19,093 |
| Without a resident priest |
2,161 |
2,928 |
| Catholic Population |
57.4 million |
62.2 million |
| Percent of U.S. population |
23% |
22% |
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