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The Number of Parishes without a Resident Pastor Increase

Year 2000

Year 2003

Total number of parishes 19,247 19,108
Parishes with a resident pastor 16,376 15,951
Parishes without a resident pastor 2,871 3,157


Parishes without Resident Pastors

Parishes without Resident Pastors 2,374 2,587
Entrusted to women religious 223 240
Entrusted to deacons 123 144
Entrusted to lay persons 93 149
Entrusted to a parish team 40 9
Entrusted to religious brothers 18 28