Statistics

Change in Catholic Seminarians, 1972-2004

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).

Percentage Change %

Country 1972-2001 2001-2004
Argentina +560 -15
Bolivia +1357 -9
Brazil +774 +20
Chile +596 +11
Colombia +510 +7
Costa Rica +421 -43
Cuba +106 -6
Dominican Republic +866 +20
Ecuador +691 +5
El Salvador +1015 +40
Guatemala +474 +5
Haiti +734 +13
Honduras +594 +58
Mexico +205 +76
Nicaragua +578 -6
Panama +654 -27
Paraguay +462 -0.3
Peru +817 -14
Puerto Rico +96 -12.5
Uruguay +268 -13
Venezuela +764 +13