Statistics

Worldwide Ordinations to Secular Priesthood 1970 - 2000
Years 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
Total Secular Ordinations 4622 4140 3860 4822 5938 6444 6814
Europe 2548 1966 1682 2097 2456 2475 2321
Latin America 414 536 528 911 1246 1454 1685
Africa 197 284 397 492 716 939 1177
Asia 508 447 562 645 959 1041 1094
North America 890 835 648 612 517 489 471
Oceania 65 71 43 65 44 46 66

 

Statistics of Catholic Population, Clery and Mass Centres in England and Wales 1841-2001
Year Total RC Population Number of Priests Number of Mass Centres Ratio of RC Pop. To priests Ratio of priests to Mass Centres
1841 500000 est 561 474 891/1 1.18/1
1851 1000000 est 826 597 1211/1 1.38/1
1861 1100000 est 1165 798 944/1 1.46/1
1871 1200000 est 1551 947 774/1 1.64/1
1881 1400000 est 2498 1335 560/1 1.87/1
1901 1500000 2856 1536 525/1 1.86/1
1911 1700000 3766 1773 451/1 2.12/1
1921 1900000 3989 1932 476/1 2.06/1
1931 2200000 4484 2228 491/1 2.01/1
1941 2400000 5838 2580 411/1 2.26/1
1951 2800000 6728 2910 416/1 2.31/1
1961 3500000 7465 4258 469/1 1.75/1
1971 4000000 7618 3772 525/1 2.02/1
1981 4300000 7016 3775 613/1 1.86/1
1991 4300000 6261 4016 687/1 1.56/1
2001 4200000 5600 3673 750/1 1.52/1