TOMORROW FIDES DOSSIER OF CHURCH STATISTICS

Friday, 10 October 2003

2009-11-04
Rector of St. Albert's College Interdiocesan Seminary in Archdiocese of Ranchi appointed

2009-11-03
Rector of Saint Josephina Bakhita Interdiocesan Propedeutic Seminary of Ngaoundere appointed

2009-11-03
National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed

2009-10-29
Rector of Regional Seminary of Taipei appointed

2009-10-29
The Holy Father's Missionary Intention for November 2009: “That believers in the different religions, through the testimony of their lives and fraternal dialogue, may clearly demonstrate that the name of God is a bearer of peace.” Commentary.

2009-10-27
National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed

To mark World Mission Sunday Fides tomorrow Saturday 11 October will publish a dossier on the Statistics of the Catholic Church updated as far as available data allows.
You fill find:
 World population; number of Catholics
 Percentage of Catholics; ecclesiastical circumscriptions
 Ratios: persons per priest; Catholics per priest
 Bishops, priests, Religious men and women, catechists
 Seminarians major and minor
 Church run Institutes of Charity and Assistance
 Catholic Schools and pupils (including many non Catholic and non Christian)
 Ecclesiastical circumscriptions under the care of the
Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples
 Religions in the world
(Fides Service 10/10/2003 EM lines 15 Words: 109)