The Eastern Catholic Churches 2005
Source: Annuario Pontificio
The Armenian Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Archeparchy of Beirut, Lebanon (Patriarchal) Damascus, Syria (patriarchal exarchate) Amman and Jerusalem (patriarchal dependency) Eparchy of Ispahan, Iran Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq Eparchy of Iskanderiya (Alexandria) Egypt Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria Eparchy of Kamichlié, Syria Archeparchy of Istanbul, Turkey Archeparchy of Lviv, Ukraine Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris, France Ordinariate for Greece (Athens) Ordinariate for Romania (Gherla) Archeparchy of San Gregorio de Narek, Buenos Aires Apostolic Exarchate for Latin America and Mexico Apostolic Exarchate for United States and Canada Ordinariate for Eastern Europe (Gyumri, Armenia) TOTAL 1990 15,000 4,000 --2,200 2,200 1,500 15,000 4,303 3,700 --30,000 650 --estab. 1989
30,000 34,300
estab. 1991
142,853
1995 12,000 3,500 --2,700 2,150 1,800 15,000 6,300 3,650 --30,000 650 1,000 16,000 14,000 37,500 150,000 296,250
2000 12,000 4,000 280 2,200 2,000 1,287 17,000 4,000 3,680 0 30,000 600 1,000 16,000 12,000 36,000 220,000 362,047
2004 10,400 4,500 740 10,000 2,000 1,276 17,000 4,000 3,700 0 30,000 500 807 16,000 12,000 36,000 220,000 368,923
2005 10,000 4,500 740 10,000 2,000 1,276 17,000 4,000 3,670 0 30,000 400 515 16,000 12,000 36,000 220,000 368,101
Bish 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 16
Par 7 1 2 1 2 3 6 6 5 0 6 1 4 1 2 9 36 92
SecPr 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 4 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 9 0 31
RelPr 19 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 5 8 46
MRel 31 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 5 13 64
FRel 33 3 0 1 1 5 7 3 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 15 25 104
Dc 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Sm 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 23
The Coptic Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Eparchy of Alexandria (Patriarchal) Eparchy of Assiut, Egypt Eparchy of Ismayliah, Egypt Eparchy of Luqsor and Thebes, Egypt Eparchy of Minya, Egypt Eparchy of Sohag, Egypt Eparchy of Guizeh, Egypt TOTAL 1990 60,000 34,500 5,000 21,000 20,084 12,000 152,584 1995 85,000 33,970 5,000 18,000 35,816 12,476 190,262 2000 88,000 35,000 6,500 17,543 38,835 12,000 197,878 2004 120,000 45,000 6,700 18,000 40,530 12,283
estab. 2003
242,513
2005 130,000 45,000 6,700 18,000 40,530 12,560 0 252,790
Bish 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 10
Par 40 41 14 21 26 20 0 162
SecPr 46 52 8 8 41 18 0 173
RelPr 109 5 2 15 1 0 0 132
MRel 136 5 3 19 2 0 0 165
FRel 230 59 65 75 9 24 0 462
Dc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sm 2 19 4 4 25 5 0 59
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2005 figures)
The Ethiopian/Eritrean Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Metropolitan Archeparchy of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Eparchy of Adigrat, Ethiopia Eparchy of Emdeber, Ethiopia Eparchy of Asmara, Eritrea Eparchy of Barentu, Eritrea Eparchy of Keren, Eritrea TOTAL 1990 42,800 14,970 60,780 1995 48,900 17,848 73,962
estab. 1995 estab. 1995
2000 51,732 16,625 46,303 37,000 49,889 201,549
2004 34,204 18,014
estab. 2003
118,550
140,710
54,712 37,356 52,572 196,858
2005 32,210 19,326 24,000 58,624 37,929 53,135 225,224
Bish 1 2 1 2 2 1 9
Par 14 36 25 66 11 33 185
SecPr 22 72 12 41 3 36 186
RelPr 136 14 6 223 18 11 408
MRel 226 46 6 302 20 25 625
FRel 207 48 25 484 24 54 842
Dc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sm 18 30 10 22 8 14 102
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Metropolitan Archeparchy of Trivandrum, India Eparchy of Battery, India Eparchy of Tiruvalla, India Eparchy of Marthandom, India Eparchy of Muvattupuzha, India TOTAL 1990 221,618 19,000 41,250 1995 236,200 20,550 53,750
estab. 1996
2000 305,000 24,250 55,945 61,025
estab 2003
281,868
310,500
446,220
2004 260,000 25,425 36,127 64,300 18,200 404,052
2005 265,000 25,512 36,673 64,450 11,067 402,702
Bish 2 1 2 1 1 7
Par 186 22 130 69 66 473
SecPr 224 92 92 29 39 476
RelPr 57 13 38 5 2 115
MRel 129 13 38 7 19 206
FRel 954 260 250 135 63 1,662
Dc 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sm 110 24 32 25 15 206
The Syrian Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Patriarchal Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq Archeparchy of Mossul, Iraq Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs, Syria Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria Archeparchy of Hassaké-Nisibi, Syria Patriarchal Exarchate of Turkey Patriarchal Exarchate of Basra and the Gulf Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark, New Jersey Sudan (patriarchal dependency) Apostolic Exarchate for Venezuela TOTAL 1990 23,000 23,000 22,650 960 2,000 4,000 9,255 8,750 3,810 2,500 320 1995 23,000 23,900 26,500 950 2,080 5,600 10,000 8,750 5,000 2,100 1,250
estab. 1995
2000 26,000 24,000 29,500 10,298 1,763 6,200 10,000 8,800 5,200 2,125 1,200 11,780 300
estab 2001
100,245
109,130
137,166
2004 14,500 25,000 35,000 1,550 1,739 6,500 10,000 8,000 5,630 2,150 410 12,842 55 0 123,376
2005 14,500 25,000 35,000 1,550 1,728 6,500 10,000 8,000 5,630 2,155 410 13,140 55 0 123,668
Bish 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 16
Par 5 4 12 3 3 5 15 2 8 3 1 11 0 0 72
SecPr 12 6 23 1 3 12 15 10 4 1 4 9 0 0 100
RelPr 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9
MRel 1 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 14
FRel 7 0 20 2 0 10 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 48
Dc 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 11
Sm 5 4 18 1 1 0 8 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 48
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2005 figures)
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The Maronite Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Archeparchy of Antelias, Lebanon Archeparchy of Beirut, Lebanon Archeparchy of Tripoli, Lebanon Archeparchy of Tyre, Lebanon Eparchy of Baalbek, Lebanon Eparchy of Joubbe, Batrun and Sarba, Lebanon (Patriarchal)* Eparchy of Joubbe, Sarba and Jounieh (Patriarchal) Eparchy of Jbeil, Lebanon Eparchy of Jounieh, Lebanon** Eparchy of Batrun Eparchy of Saïda, Lebanon Eparchy of Zahleh, Lebanon Archeparchy of Cyprus Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Palestine Patriarchal Exarchate of Jordan Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria Eparchy of Lattaquié, Syria Eparchy of San Charbel en Buenos Aires, Argentina Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Libano em Sao Paulo, Brazil Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, USA Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles, USA Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney, Australia Eparchy of Saint-Maron de Montréal, Canada Nuestra Senora de los Martires del Libano en Mexico Archeparchy of Haifa and the Holy Land TOTAL *Batrun separated and Jounieh added in 1999. **United with Joubbe and Sarba in 1999. 1990 170,734 250,000 89,053 22,000 47,000 110,025 -469,750 205,315 -94,700
estab. 1990
10,000 --4,350 3,225 7,000 23,000
estab. 1990
1995 200,000 640,000 98,542 23,500 30,000 244,950 -300,000 183,513 -96,000 48,300 10,500 375
estab. 1996
418,000 52,000
estab. 1994
125,000 75,000
5,500 3,625 8,000 27,000 700,000 434,000 55,485 --150,000 45,000
estab. 1995 estab. 1996
2,176,152
3,304,290
2000 217,660 200,000 100,000 44,000 35,000 -492,989 250,000 -0 65,000 49,520 10,000 504 1,200 5,000 4,105 8,000 27,000 700,000 463,000 30,000 24,108 160,000 80,000 150,000 7,000 3,124,086
2004 210,135 236,235 101,350 41,500 34,000 -354,690 250,000 -71,000 82,500 50,573 10,000 504 1,200 5,000 4,105 12,000 30,000 700,000 468,000 30,000 27,000 150,000 80,000 150,000 7,000 3,106,792
2005 191,763 236,000 101,350 42,000 30,000 375,875 250,000 72,000 83,000 50,777 10,000 504 1,200 5,003 4,105 12,000 31,000 700,000 468,000 30,000 27,500 150,000 80,000 148,267 7,000 3,107,344
Bish 1 2 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 38
Par 93 124 122 21 24 140 86 66 96 33 9 3 1 4 5 6 32 4 8 34 32 9 14 3 6 975
SecPr 67 114 118 14 9 144 59 45 55 16 5 0 1 3 9 1 20 10 3 50 35 16 9 4 6 813
RelPr 58 51 53 8 5 52 35 18 30 18 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 5 11 13 14 7 3 0 399
MRel 83 51 59 9 5 175 40 37 30 18 5 0 0 3 0 0 4 9 5 19 13 17 7 3 0 592
FRel 237 175 167 39 15 172 65 62 50 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 40 6 0 2 7 23 5 0 8 1,103
Dc 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 7 1 1 1 0 28
Sm 25 61 36 5 6 40 26 9 25 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 11 0 0 2 2 1 1 4 5 269
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2005 figures)
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The Chaldean Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Metropolitan Archeparchy of Baghdad, Iraq (Patriarchal) Metropolitan Archeparchy of Kerkuk, Iraq Archeparchy of Arbil, Iraq Archeparchy of Basra, Iraq Archeparchy of Mossul, Iraq Eparchy of Alquoch, Iraq Eparchy of Amadiyah, Iraq Eparchy of Aqra, Iraq Eparchy of Sulaimaniya, Iraq Eparchy of Zaku, Iraq Metropolitan Archeparchy of Teheran, Iran Metropolitan Archeparchy of Urmya and Eparchy of Salmas, Iran Archeparchy of Ahwaz, Iran Eparchy of Beirut, Lebanon Eparchy of Cairo, Egypt Eparchy of Aleppo, Beroea and Halab, Syria Archeparchy of Diarbekir, Turkey Patriarchal Dependency of Jordan Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Detroit, USA Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego, USA TOTAL 1990 325,000 5,330 12,314 4,000 19,800 13,500 2,000 230 500 7,000 5,500 2,250 340 8,600 500 10,000 2,900 0 50,000 469,764 1995 151,500 5,208 11,500 4,500 20,300 14,091 2,000 192 500 5,200 4,500 4,000 400 10,000 500 15,000 3,300 0 60,000 312,691 2000 151,000 5,050 12,000 2,600 20,000 16,190 2,452 176 400 6,548 3,500 1,500 350 10,000 500 15,000 5,000 0 70,000
estab. 2002
322,266
2004 140,000 5,040 12,000 2,500 50,000 17,947 2,000 300 450 12,500 3,000 1,500 100 10,000 500 15,000 4,800 0 70,000 35,000 382,637
2005 130,000 5,700 12,200 2,500 20,600 17,487 2,000 310 200 12,700 3,000 1,500 60 10,000 500 15,000 5,925 7,000 77,000 35,000 358,682
Bish 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 23
Par 26 3 5 3 10 7 10 4 1 7 6 3 1 3 2 12 9 0 7 7 126
SecPr 30 3 5 1 10 12 3 2 0 24 4 2 0 1 1 5 2 0 12 10 127
RelPr 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 3 26
MRel 8 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 3 39
FRel 90 2 6 2 0 15 0 0 0 9 12 5 0 0 8 3 0 2 0 13 167
Dc 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 75
Sm 30 4 5 0 5 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 56
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2005 figures)
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The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Major Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Anagamaly Metropolitan Archeparchy of Changanacherry Eparchy of Kanjirapally, India Eparchy of Kottayam, India Eparchy of Palai, India Eparchy of Irinjalakuda, India Eparchy of Kothamangalam, India Eparchy of Mananthavady, India Eparchy of Palghat, India Metropolitan Archeparchy of Tellicherry, India Eparchy of Thamarasserry, India Metropolitan Archeparchy of Trichur, India Eparchy of Bijnor, India Eparchy of Chanda, India Eparchy of Gorakhpur, India Eparchy of Jagdalpur, India Eparchy of Kalyan, India Eparchy of Rajkot, India Eparchy of Sagar, India Eparchy of Satna, India Eparchy of Ujjain, India Eparchy of Thuckalay, India Eparchy of Belthangady, India Eparchy of Adilabad, India Eparchy of Idukki, India Eparchy of St Thomas of Chicago, USA TOTAL 1990 398,700 345,000 150,364 114,569 284,260 214,823 334,390 130,000 49,344 244,042 103,843 376,630 786 21,627 1,152 2,451 100,000 9,100 3,112 1,441 1,416 1995 401,830 353,000 159,920 132,465 331,456 244,566 385,500 153,131 57,908 265,486 112,280 409,875 1,036 23,682 1,673 3,922 100,000 8,400 3,512 2,174 3,019
estab. 1996 estab. 1999 estab. 1999
2000 450,100 350,000 162,675 131,366 335,000 241,607 474,530 171,000 64,370 306,256 118,547 423,514 1,893 20,500 2,449 4,876 100,000 9,800 6,350 2,620 2,640 20,000 0 0
estab. 2003 estab. 2001
2,887,050
3,154,835
3,400,093
2004 495,000 380,000 172,050 166,438 345,982 285,000 500,580 165,653 67,959 278,804 133,874 456,759 2,127 12,891 2,675 6,362 100,000 11,500 6,600 3,030 3,190 24,112 20,178 11,668 -100,000 3,752,432
2005 504,000 382,000 172,050 169,505 346,334 256,683 206,270 166,000 66,061 279,200 124,664 463,306 2,238 12,925 2,861 6,345 100,000 12,000 6,710 2,707 3,200 24,429 22,500 12,154 255,000 100,000 3,699,142
Bish 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 35
Par 346 271 127 148 169 126 112 157 92 213 127 224 53 5 31 12 132 12 25 16 38 50 47 20 119 7 2,679
SecPr 362 332 197 147 367 157 176 212 92 210 122 255 46 17 27 8 42 16 20 27 19 21 35 12 67 21 3,007
RelPr 345 253 116 59 112 49 86 150 67 74 83 123 0 39 16 57 90 108 16 26 72 23 14 28 36 1 2,043
MRel 585 292 176 101 122 73 171 304 71 148 98 271 43 165 23 89 100 152 30 47 139 27 27 31 102 1 3,388
FRel 4550 2810 1479 1196 4100 2275 2070 1427 1306 1415 1109 2764 187 360 173 254 250 390 219 144 270 192 156 130 1250 12 30,488
Dc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sm 78 33 61 47 101 66 30 79 58 89 76 100 36 25 19 27 42 17 38 30 25 27 13 20 42 0 1,179
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2005 figures)
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The Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Patriarchal Metropolitan Archeparchy of Damascus, Syria Metropolitan Archeparchy of Aleppo, Syria Metropolitan Archeparchy of Bosra, Syria Metropolitan Archeparchy of Homs, Syria Archeparchy of Lattaquié, Syria Metropolitan Archeparchy of Beirut and Gibail, Lebanon Metropolitan Archeparchy of Tyre, Lebanon Archeparchy of Baalbek, Lebanon Archeparchy of Baniyas, Lebanon Archeparchy of Saida, Lebanon Archeparchy of Tripoli in Lebanon Archeparchy of Zahleh and Furzol, Lebanon Archeparchy of Petra and Philadelphia, Jordan Archeparchy of Akka, Israel Jerusalem (patriarchal dependency) Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraiso em Sao Paulo, Brazil Eparchy of Newton, USA Eparchy of Saint-Sauveur de Montréal, Canada Eparchy of Nuestra Senora del Paraiso en Mexico Patriarchal Exarchate of Iraq Egypt and Sudan (patriarchal dependency) Patriarchal Exarchate of Kuwait Eparchy of Saint Michael's of Sydney, Australia Apostolic Exarchate in Venezuela (Caracas) Apostolic Exarchate in Argentina TOTAL 1990 90,000 11,000 27,000 24,620 11,000 150,000 7,000 25,000 8,000 7,000 7,000 115,000 20,000 40,000 3,000 368,000 25,950 30,000 2,000 340 8,000 4,500 40,000
estab. 1990
1995 95,000 13,000 27,000 25,000 6,500 150,000 8,225 23,000 6,000 19,000 6,000 127,000 21,000 43,500 3,000 388,000 25,200 40,000 2,500 340 7,500 4,500 10,000 48,000 1,099,265
2000 110,000 20,000 27,000 25,000 10,000 200,000 8,700 14,000 3,300 25,000 7,000 126,000 31,200 54,000 3,300 413,000 27,500 43,000 2,500 600 6,500 700 45,000 48,000
estab. 2002
1,024,410
1,251,300
2004 200,000 17,000 27,000 27,000 10,000 200,000 7,000 15,100 1,300 26,000 10,000 126,000 31,300 67,890 3,300 418,000 29,323 43,000 4,500 100 6,500 600 45,000 25,000 -1,340,913
2005 200,000 17,000 27,000 27,000 10,000 200,000 7,000 15,200 1,300 27,000 10,000 126,000 31,300 67,890 3,300 418,000 29,024 43,000 4,600 100 6,500 800 45,000 25,000 0 1,342,014
Bish 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 29
Par 18 10 42 17 18 116 9 12 14 50 15 36 28 33 7 5 35 3 1 1 16 1 13 3 0 503
SecPr 36 15 18 13 11 61 8 9 2 22 6 5 23 33 5 8 45 5 1 1 15 1 16 2 0 361
RelPr 8 3 0 1 4 30 3 2 0 20 0 24 5 6 10 0 15 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 144
MRel 8 3 1 2 4 80 3 4 1 59 0 26 5 13 23 0 15 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 260
FRel 19 25 8 31 13 183 8 48 9 35 17 42 15 46 27 0 3 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 542
Dc 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
Sm 11 8 7 3 3 23 3 1 0 16 3 5 3 7 2 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 106
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2005 figures)
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The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Major Archeparchy of Lviv, Ukraine Eparchy of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Eparchy of Kolomya-Chernivtsi, Ukraine Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych, Ukraine Eparchy of Ternopil. Ukraine Eparchy of Zboriv, Ukraine Eparchy of Ternopil-Zboriv Eparchy of Buchach, Ukraine Eparchy of Sokal, Ukraine Eparchy of Stryj, Ukraine Archepiscopal Exarchate of Kyiv-Vyshhorod, Ukraine Archepiscopal Exarchate of Donetsk-Kharkiv, Ukraine Archepiscopal Exarchate of Odessa-Krym, Ukraine Metropolitan Archeparchy of Przemysl-Warsaw, Poland Eparchy of Wroclaw-Gdansk, Poland Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia, USA Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma, USA Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago, USA Eparchy of Stamford, USA Metropolitan Archeparchy of Winnipeg, Canada Eparchy of Edmonton, Canada Eparchy of New Westminster, Canada Eparchy of Saskatoon, Canada Eparchy of Toronto, Canada Apostolic Exarchate of Great Britain Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, Australia Apostolic Exarchate of Germany & Scandinavia (Munich) Apostolic Exarchate of France Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba, Brazil Eparchy of Santa Maria del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires TOTAL 1990 ----estab. 1993 estab. 1993 estab. 1993 estab. 1993
1995 1,607,008 640,300 583,892 466,892 580,300 414,279
2000 1,607,000 615,024 501,176 408,489 598,100 375,000
united 2000 estab. 2000 estab. 2000 estab. 2000
2004 650,000 610,633 240,400 404,363
united Zboriv 2000 united Ternopil 2000
300,000
estab. 2002 estab. 2003
--77,571 11,964 28,000 40,998 49,350 40,907 7,700 24,000 80,000 27,000 25,000 27,450 16,000 130,000 122,000 707,940
120,000
estab. 1996
77,000 11,727 18,000 34,822 45,000 35,000 3,000 15,450 85,000 15,000 35,000 24,310 16,000 140,000 125,000 5,092,980
32,000 53,000 69,088 11,522 9,500 16,684 45,000 26,250 4,000 12,200 83,200 15,000 35,400 38,000 16,000 162,000 126,000 5,159,633
455,613 218,500 332,644 319,043 200,000 100,000 70,000 32,000 50,000 67,250 11,162 10,000 16,500 29,740 26,250 4,000 12,700 41,010 15,000 35,000 65,200 15,000 161,500 128,000 4,321,508
2005 650,000 609,098 240,000 403,248 --465,610 213,314 332,644 317,220 130,900 100,000 70,000 32,000 50,000 65,500 11,058 12,000 16,000 29,740 26,250 7,835 12,700 36,910 15,000 35,050 80,000 15,000 161,500 130,000 4,268,577
Bish 3 2 1 1 --2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 39
Par 271 360 278 500 --347 296 352 344 31 33 13 84 57 74 38 40 55 144 119 17 99 75 14 10 21 9 23 24 3,728
SecPr 276 376 211 239 --211 149 184 208 31 27 12 30 25 60 46 42 62 34 27 11 20 81 12 23 28 9 20 6 2,460
RelPr 58 16 4 6 --24 8 33 7 9 0 0 17 3 6 1 12 16 16 15 2 12 15 3 2 2 0 57 15 359
MRel 133 45 4 6 --34 12 49 18 9 0 0 62 3 6 1 28 23 16 24 2 14 15 3 2 2 0 96 18 625
FRel 208 125 0 29 --48 12 62 4 13 0 0 87 14 112 5 3 38 27 33 2 17 36 4 21 18 8 456 89 1,471
Dc 2 0 0 0 --3 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 5 5 14 9 15 5 2 5 19 0 4 2 1 2 1 102
Sm 76 171 62 92 --8 49 61 43 6 0 0 14 6 3 4 3 17 3 2 1 2 4 0 0 3 0 10 1 641
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2005 figures)
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The Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Eparchy of Mukacevo, Ukraine Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh, USA Eparchy of Parma, USA Eparchy of Passaic, USA Eparchy of Van Nuys, USA Apostolic Exarchate of the Czech Republic TOTAL 1990 --143,784 22,202 85,050 17,125 268,161 1995 300,000 101,122 15,650 72,500 3,265
estab. 1996
492,537
2000 320,000 75,261 12,680 51,771 3,108 200,000 662,820
2004 320,000 60,290 12,417 24,265 2,947 177,704 597,623
2005 320,000 60,100 12,401 24,031 2,849 177,704 597,085
Bish 2 1 1 2 2 2 10
Par 333 84 37 89 19 25 587
SecPr 173 72 37 75 17 36 410
RelPr 9 11 1 9 8 2 40
MRel 19 15 1 10 15 2 62
FRel 37 96 11 18 4 0 166
Dc 0 10 8 20 6 0 44
Sm 128 1 1 1 2 5 138
The Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Metropolitan Archeparchy of Fagaras & Alba Julia, Romania Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla, Romania Eparchy of Lugoj, Romania Eparchy of Maramures, Romania Eparchy of Oradea Mare, Romania Eparchy of Saint George's in Canton, Ohio, USA TOTAL 1990 ----------5,000 --1995 495,000 505,000 500,000 477,000 29,385 5,250 2,011,635 2000 362,000 750,000 40,000 132,310 101,000 5,300 1,390,610 2004 358,000 60,000 90,500 130,500 102,000 5,000 746,000 2005 350,000 60,000 96,427 128,490 102,000 5,000 741,917 Bish 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 Par 189 168 110 154 139 15 775 SecPr 215 134 103 133 131 19 735 RelPr 5 21 1 3 8 2 40 MRel 7 28 1 3 11 2 52 FRel 155 105 0 0 16 0 276 Dc 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 Sm 112 91 25 29 90 5 352
Greek Catholics in Fomer Yugoslavia
Jurisdiction Eparchy of Krizevci, Croatia Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia/Montenegro Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia TOTAL 1990 48,768 1995 48,975 2000 48,775
estab. 2003 estab. 2000
48,768
48,975
48,775
2004 42,603 22,700 11,367 76,670
2005 15,311 22,934 11,398 49,643
Bish 1 1 1 3
Par 34 26 5 65
SecPr 36 16 9 61
RelPr 2 2 0 4
MRel 2 2 0 4
FRel 60 54 18 132
Dc 0 0 0 0
Sm 20 6 13 39
The Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Apostolic Exarchate for Greece (Athens) Apostolic Exarchate for Turkey (Istanbul) TOTAL 1990 2,300 50 2,350 1995 2,300 50 2,350 2000 2,300 40 2.340 2004 2,300 45 2,345 2005 2,300 40 2,340 Bish 1 0 1 Par 3 1 4 SecPr 8 0 8 RelPr 0 0 0 MRel 0 0 0 FRel 10 0 10 Dc 2 0 2 Sm 0 0 0
The Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Apostolic Exarchate of Sophia, Bulgaria 1990 15,000 1995 20,000 2000 15,000 2004 10,000 2005 10,000 Bish 1 Par 21 SecPr 6 RelPr 15 MRel 15 FRel 40 Dc 0 Sm 0
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2005 figures)
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The Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Eparchy of Presov, Slovakia Apostolic Exarchate of Kosice, Slovakia Eparchy of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Toronto, Canada TOTAL 1990 361,060 30,000 391,060 1995 208,238
estab.1997
30,000 238,238
2000 118,740 72,304 20,000 211,044
2004 136,279 83,857 5,000 225,136
2005 136,593 83,776 5,000 225,369
Bish 2 1 1 4
Par 201 91 7 299
SecPr 221 146 4 371
RelPr 22 13 3 38
MRel 24 24 3 51
FRel 80 43 0 123
Dc 0 2 0 2
Sm 71 23 0 94
The Italo-Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Eparchy of Lungro, Italy (continental Italy) Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, Italy (Sicily) Territorial Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, Italy TOTAL 1990 32,500 28,800 104 61,404 1995 33,000 28,500 97 61,597 2000 32,965 28,500 98 61,563 2004 31,850 28,500 98 60,448 2005 32,800 28,500 98 61,398 Bish 1 1 0 2 Par 29 15 1 45 SecPr 30 30 0 60 RelPr 1 2 15 18 MRel 1 7 25 33 FRel 33 118 5 156 Dc 1 1 0 2 Sm 7 3 0 10
The Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Eparchy of Hajdudorog, Hungary Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc, Hungary TOTAL 1990 250,000 22,000 272,000 1995 253,000 25,750 278,750 2000 253,000 25,000 278,000 2004 248,987 19,948 268,935 2005 248,987 19,948 268,935 Bish 1 0 1 Par 147 31 178 SecPr 204 35 239 RelPr 6 2 8 MRel 8 2 10 FRel 13 0 13 Dc 0 0 0 Sm 53 5 58
The Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
Jurisdiction Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania 1990 --1995 1,121 2000 2,474 2004 3,000 2005 3,200 Bish 1 Par 9 SecPr 4 RelPr 10 MRel 15 FRel 97 Dc 0 Sm 0
Ordinariates for the Faithful of Various Eastern Catholic Churches Without Their Own Hierarchy
Country Argentina Austria Brazil France Poland 1998 110,000 5,000 10,000 45,000 0 1999 110,000 5,000 10,000 45,000 0 2000 14,000 5,000 10,000 45,000 0 2004 2,000 8,000 10,000 45,000 0 2005 2,000 8,000 10,000 45,000 0 Par 1 9 4 10 0 SecPr 1 12 2 37 0 RelPr 0 0 3 36 0 MRel 0 3 3 40 0 FRel 0 0 0 40 0 Dc 0 0 0 4 0 Sm 0 0 0 5 0
Compiled by Ronald G. Roberson, CSP
Abbreviations: Bish=Bishop, Par=Parishes, SecPr=Secular Priests, RelPr=Religious Priests, MRel=Male Religious, FRel=Female Religious, Dc=Permanent Deacons, Sm=Seminarians (2005 figures)
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