Vatican City, 1 July 2014 (VIS) – The
Holy Father will make an apostolic trip to the Republic of Korea from
13 to 18 August, on the occasion of the 6th Asian Youth Day. The
following statistics relate to the Catholic Church in Korea, dating
from 31 December 2013, and are provided by the Central Office of
Church Statistics.
The Republic of Korea has an area of
99,268 square kilometres and a population of 50,220,000, of whom
5,393,000 are Catholics, corresponding to 10.7% of the population.
There are 16 ecclesiastical circumscriptions, 1,673 parishes and 843
pastoral centres. The apostolate is carried out by 35 bishops, 4,261
priests, 516 male religious and 9,016 female religious, 123 lay
missionaries and 14,195 catechists. There are 395 minor and 1,489
major seminarians.
There are 328 educational centres of
all levels directed or owned by the Catholic Church throughout the
Republic of Korea, in which there are 221,020 students, as well as 49
special centres. There are also 200 health and welfare centres
belonging to or directed by the Church: 40 hospitals, 4 clinics, 9
leper colonies, 513 rest homes for the elderly and disabled, 277
orphanages and nurseries, and 83 centres for family counselling and
the protection of life.
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