Catholic Seminarians 1972-2004
| |
1972 |
2001 |
2004 |
| Argentina |
306 |
2,020 |
1,720 |
| Bolivia |
49 |
714 |
650 |
| Brazil |
939 |
8,215 |
9,846 |
| Chile |
111 |
773 |
860 |
| Colombia |
738 |
4505 |
4810 |
| Costa Rica |
61 |
318 |
180 |
| Cuba |
49 |
101 |
95 |
| Dominican Republic |
51 |
493 |
594 |
| Ecuador |
92 |
728 |
764 |
| El Salvador |
34 |
379 |
531 |
| Guatemala |
69 |
396 |
414 |
| Haiti |
41 |
342 |
385 |
| Honduras |
16 |
111 |
176 |
| Mexico1 |
2,264 |
6,919 |
12,192 |
| Nicaragua |
45 |
301 |
284 |
| Panama |
22 |
166 |
121 |
| Paraguay |
63 |
354 |
353 |
| Peru |
190 |
1,742 |
1,980 |
| Puerto Rico |
49 |
96 |
84 |
| Uruguay |
25 |
92 |
80 |
| Venezuela |
120 |
1,037 |
1,170 |
| Total |
5,334 |
28,802 |
37,289 |
| % Change |
|
+440 |
+29.5 |
Sources:
Catholic Almanac 1975 ,
Catholic
Almanac 2003 and
Catholic Almanac 2006.
1Figure for Mexico is
1975, not 1972 (Source:
Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1994).
Figure for Mexico is 2002, not 2004 (Source:
Holy See Press Office).
