SHOCKING CATHOLIC POPULATION STATISTICS


CATHOLIC POPULATION STATISTICS
Pic of religious from Latin America

Happy Mission Sunday to all Catholics in the World! World Mission day is an annual celebration to appreciate all the workers in Christ’s vineyard. This year it fell on Sunday, October 21. 

Here are some interesting Church statistics and comparisons by continent as given by the Fides News Service. The numbers are taken from the Church’s Book of Statistics, (updated to the end of 2016).

For those who like to consider the numbers, these statistics show interesting data such as:
The world population at the end of 2016 was 7,352,289,000 while Catholics in the world numbered 1,299,059,000, showing an increase of 14,249,000 and thus 17.67 percent of the world’s population. Whilst Europe showed a decrease in the number of Catholics, Africa had an increase of more than 6 million!

The average number of Catholics per priest is 3,130, as the number of priests in the world decreased this year to 414,969. Again, Europe is the only continent with a major decrease, though America also had fewer priests, Africa and Asia both had more priests this year than last.

There are 116,160 men in major seminary and 101,616 in minor seminary.
There are 5,353 bishops.
Permanent deacons number 46,312.
There was an overall decrease in the number of women religious, to 659,445, but again Africa and Asia saw growing numbers.
When it comes to education, the Church has millions and millions of pupils: More than 7 million of the youngest students, and 35 million primary schoolers; some 19 million secondary schoolers; 2.5 million high schoolers and 3 million university students.
The Church also continues to be a leading global health care provider. There are more than 5,000 Catholic hospitals, with more than 1,500 of them in the Americas and about that same number in Africa. In addition to hospitals, there are a wide range of other health institutions, from pharmacies to leprosy care homes to homes for the elderly and disabled.

© October, 2018
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