WORLD CATHOLIC POPULATION VS. TOTAL PRIESTS

PRIESTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

PRIESTS IN THE U.S.




Changes in the Priesthood Throught the World, 1970 to 2000

World Data	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000
Diocesan priests	270,924	257,409	257,696	262,418	265,781
Religious priests	148,804	156,191	145,477	142,332	139,397
Total priests	419,728	413,600	403,173	404,750	405,178
Diocesan Priestly ordinations	4,622	--	5,938	6,444	6,814
Grad. level seminarians	--	33,731	51,603	54,154	55,968
Permanent deacons	309	7,654	17,525	22,390	27,824
Religious brothers	--	73,090	62,526	59,515	55,057
Religious sisters	--	960,991	882,111	837,961	801,185
Parishes	191,438	206,503	215,805	220,077	218,196
Without Resident Priests	--	94,846	107,566	110,502	105,530
Catholic population	653,500,000	783,700,000	928,500,000	989,400,000	1,045,000,000

Changes in the Priesthood in the U.S., 1965 to 2003

U.S. Data	1965	1985	1995	2003
Diocesan priests	35,925	35,052	32,349	29,285
Religious priests	22,707	22,265	16,705	14,349
Total priests	58,632	57,317	49,054	43,634
Priestly ordinations	994	533	511	441
Grad. level seminarians	8,325	4,063	3,172	3,414
Permanent deacons	--	7,204	10,932	13,635
Religious brothers	12,271	7,544	6,535	5,499
Religious sisters	179,954	115,386	90,809	73,316
Parishes	17,637	19,244	19,331	19,081
Without resident priest	549	1,051	2,161	3,040
Catholic population	45,600,000	52,300,000	57,400,000	63,400,000
Percent of US Population	24%	23%	23%	22%

Statistics and charts come from Georgetown University's Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.