Statistics
Number of Priests
| Country |
2001 |
2004 |
| Argentina |
5,866 |
5,717 |
| Bolivia |
1,056 |
1,113 |
| Brazil |
16,598 |
17,389 |
| Chile |
2,298 |
2,368 |
| Colombia |
7,851 |
7,957 |
| Costa Rica |
770 |
712 |
| Cuba |
296 |
324 |
| Dominican Republic |
817 |
890 |
| Ecuador |
1,836 |
1,898 |
| El Salvador |
663 |
707 |
| Guatemala |
970 |
1,087 |
| Haiti |
611 |
717 |
| Honduras |
382 |
398 |
| Mexico1 |
13,173 |
14,278 |
| Nicaragua |
418 |
471 |
| Panama |
392 |
416 |
| Paraguay |
783 |
1,099 |
| Peru |
2,790 |
2,866 |
| Puerto Rico |
761 |
753 |
| Uruguay |
498 |
479 |
| Venezuela |
2,320 |
2,591 |
| Total |
61,149 |
64,830 |
Sources:
Catholic Almanac 2003, 2006.
1Figure
for Mexico is 2002, not 2001.
