VATICAN CITY, 11 SEP 2008 (VIS) - For the occasion of Benedict XVI's forthcoming apostolic trip to France, due to take place from 12 to 15 September to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes, statistics concerning the Catholic Church in that country have been published.
The information, updated to 31 December 2006, comes from the Central Statistical Office of the Church.
France has a population of 61,350,000 of whom 46,427,000 (75.5 percent) are Catholic. There are 98 ecclesiastical circumscriptions, 16,553 parishes and 674 pastoral centres of other kinds. Currently, there are 186 bishops, 21,074 priests, 42,425 religious, 1,577 lay members of secular institutes and 62,831 catechists. Minor seminarians number 134, and major seminarians 1,299.
A total of 2,108,240 children and young people attend 10,195 centres of Catholic education, from kindergartens to universities. Other institutions belonging to the Church, or run by priests or religious in France include 94 hospitals, 103 clinics, 520 homes for the elderly or disabled, 96 orphanages and nurseries, 49 family counselling centres and other pro-life centres, 247 centres for education and social rehabilitation, and 65 institutions of other kinds.
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The information, updated to 31 December 2006, comes from the Central Statistical Office of the Church.
France has a population of 61,350,000 of whom 46,427,000 (75.5 percent) are Catholic. There are 98 ecclesiastical circumscriptions, 16,553 parishes and 674 pastoral centres of other kinds. Currently, there are 186 bishops, 21,074 priests, 42,425 religious, 1,577 lay members of secular institutes and 62,831 catechists. Minor seminarians number 134, and major seminarians 1,299.
A total of 2,108,240 children and young people attend 10,195 centres of Catholic education, from kindergartens to universities. Other institutions belonging to the Church, or run by priests or religious in France include 94 hospitals, 103 clinics, 520 homes for the elderly or disabled, 96 orphanages and nurseries, 49 family counselling centres and other pro-life centres, 247 centres for education and social rehabilitation, and 65 institutions of other kinds.
OP/STATISTICS FRANCE/... VIS 20080911 (200)
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