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 CATHOLIC
CHURCH STATISTICS |
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| The number of persons per priest increased
by 198 units. The are distributed by continent as follows: increase
50 units in Europe, decrease 101 in Oceania, 539 in Africa, increase
114 in America, 285 and decrease of 680 in Asia. The number of Catholics
per priest increased in the world by 23 units. By continent as follows:
increase 43 in America, 17 in Europe; decrease of 27 units in Asia,
153 in Africa and 29 in Oceania, |
| PERSONS
PER PRIEST / CATHOLICS PER PRIEST |
| Continents |
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Persons per priest |
Variations |
Catholics per priest |
Variations |
| World |
1997 |
11.270 |
+ 48 |
2.487 |
+ 26 |
| 1998 |
11.321 |
+ 51 |
2.517 |
+20 |
| 1999 |
11.474 |
+ 153 |
2.551 |
+ 34 |
| 2000 |
11.669 |
+ 195 |
2.579 |
+ 28 |
| 2001 |
11.910 |
+ 241 |
2.619 |
+ 30 |
| 2002 |
12.108 |
+ 198 |
2.642 |
+ 23 |
| Africa |
1997 |
29.942 |
- 121 |
4.465 |
+ 37 |
| 1998 |
28.764 |
- 1.178 |
4.483 |
+ 18 |
| 1999 |
28.967 |
+ 203 |
4.681 |
+ 198 |
| 2000 |
29.061 |
+ 94 |
4.786 |
+ 105 |
| 2001 |
28.909 |
- 152 |
4.847 |
+ 61 |
| 2002 |
28.370 |
- 539 |
4.694 |
- 153 |
| America |
1997 |
6.567 |
+ 62 |
4.131 |
+ 41 |
| 1998 |
6.649 |
+ 82 |
4.196 |
+ 65 |
| 1999 |
6.747 |
+ 98 |
4.263 |
+ 67 |
| 2000 |
6.840 |
+ 93 |
4.298 |
+ 35 |
| 2001 |
6.952 |
+ 112 |
4.359 |
+ 61 |
| 2002 |
7.066 |
+ 114 |
4.402 |
+ 43 |
| Asia |
1997 |
56.781 |
- 1.591 |
2.604 |
-16 |
| 1998 |
53.917 |
- 2.864 |
2.551 |
- 53 |
| 1999 |
54.977 |
+ 1.060 |
2.502 |
- 49 |
| 2000 |
54.604 |
- 373 |
2.463 |
- 39 |
| 2001 |
54.899 |
+ 285 |
2.434 |
- 29 |
| 2002 |
54.219 |
- 680 |
2.407 |
- 27 |
| Europe |
1997 |
3.207 |
+ 21 |
1.328 |
+ 10 |
| 1998 |
3.231 |
+ 24 |
1.336 |
+ 8 |
| 1999 |
3.253 |
+ 22 |
1.338 |
+ 2 |
| 2000 |
3.368 |
+ 115 |
1.343 |
+ 5 |
| 2001 |
3.396 |
+ 28 |
1.357 |
+ 14 |
| 2002 |
3.446 |
+ 50 |
1.374 |
+ 17 |
| Oceania |
1997 |
5.883 |
+ 240 |
1.580 |
+ 5 |
| 1998 |
5.948 |
+ 65 |
1.602 |
+ 22 |
| 1999 |
6.064 |
+ 116 |
1.594 |
- 8 |
| 2000 |
6.171 |
+ 107 |
1.658 |
+ 64 |
| 2001 |
6.577 |
+ 346 |
1.761 |
+ 103 |
| 2002 |
6.476 |
- 101 |
1.732 |
- 29 |
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