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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - N° 60
DATE 21-03-2012
Summary:
- STATISTICS FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MEXICO AND CUBA
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
STATISTICS FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MEXICO AND CUBA
Vatican City, 21 March 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI is due to make an apostolic
trip to Mexico and Cuba from 23 to 29 March, to mark the two hundredth
anniversary of the independence of Mexico, and the four hundredth of the
discovery of the image of
"Nuestra Senora de la Caridad del Cobre" in Cuba. For the occasion statistics
have been published concerning the Catholic Church in those two countries. The
information, updated to 31 December 2010, comes from the Central Statistical
Office of the
Church.
Mexico has a surface area of 1,958,201 square kilometres and a population of
108,426,000, of whom 99,635,000 (91.89 percent) are Catholic. There are 93
ecclesiastical circumscriptions, 6,744 parishes and 7,169 pastoral centres of
other kinds. Currently,
there are 163 bishops, 16,234 priests, 30,023 religious, 505 members of
secular institutes, 25,846 lay missionaries and 295,462 catechists. Minor
seminarians number 4,524 and major seminarians 6,495.
A total of 1,856,735 students attend 8,991 centres of Catholic education of
all levels and 1,822 special education centres. Other institutions belonging
to the Church or run by priests or religious in Mexico include 257 hospitals,
1,602 clinics, 8 leper
colonies, 372 homes for the elderly or disabled, 329 orphanages and nurseries,
2,134 family counselling centres and other pro-life centres, and 340
institutions of other kinds.
Cuba has a surface area of 110,861 square kilometres and a population of
11,242,000, of whom 6,766,000 (60.19 percent) are Catholic. There are 11
ecclesiastical circumscriptions, 304 parishes and 2,210 pastoral centres of
other kinds. Currently, there
are 17 bishops, 361 priests, 656 religious, 24 members of secular institutes,
2,122 lay missionaries and 4,133 catechists. Minor seminarians number 13 and
major seminarians 78.
A total of 1,113 students attend 12 centres of Catholic education of all
levels and 10 special education centres. Other institutions belonging to the
Church or run by priests or religious in Cuba include 2 clinics, 1 leper
colony, 8 homes for the
elderly or disabled, 3 orphanages and nurseries, and 3 institutions of other
kinds.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 21 March 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- As members of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care: Cardinal
Wilfrid Fox Napier O.F.M., archbishop of Durban, South Africa, and Bishop
Walter Mixa, emeritus of Augsburg, Germany.
- As consultors of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care: Bishop
Joachim Ntahondereye of Muyinga, Burundi; Orochi Samuel Orach, director of the
National Office for Health Pastoral Care in Uganda; Stefano Ojetti, vice
president of the Italian
Association of Catholic Doctors, and Salvatore Pagliuca, vice president of
UNITALSI (Italian National Union for Transport of the Sick to Lourdes and
International Shrines).
- Fr. Jose Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos of the clergy of the diocese of
Garanhuns, Brazil, rector of the interdiocesan seminary of Caruaru, as
auxiliary of the archdiocese of Fortaleza (area 14,813, population 3,622,000,
Catholics 2,562,000, priests 332,
permanent deacons 19, religious 1,144), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in
Garanhuns in 1963 and ordained a priest in 1989. He studied in Rome before
returning to Brazil where he has worked in pastoral care and education.
- Fr. Giovanni Crippa I.M.C., teacher and pastor in the archdiocese of Feira
de Santana, Brazil, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Sao Salvador da Bahia
(area 3,859, population 3,210,878, Catholics 2,284,477, priests 283, permanent
deacons 93,
religious 1,070), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Besana Brianzana, Italy
in 1958 and ordained a priest in 1985. He was active in missionary formation
in Turin and Rome before moving to Brazil in 2000 where he has worked as a
pastor and seminary
professor.
- Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino of Floresta, Brazil, as bishop prelate of Sao
Felix (area 150,000, population 162,000, Catholics 139,000, priests 20,
permanent deacons 3, religious 43), Brazil.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews120321
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE YEAR XXII - N° 60DATE 21-03-2012
Summary: - STATISTICS FOR THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH IN MEXICO AND CUBA -
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
STATISTICS FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MEXICO AND CUBA
Vatican City, 21 March 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI is due to make an
apostolic trip to Mexico and Cuba from 23 to 29 March, to mark the two
hundredth anniversary of the independence of Mexico, and the four hundredth of
the discovery of the image of
"Nuestra Senora de la Caridad del Cobre" in Cuba. For the occasion statistics
have been published concerning the Catholic Church in those two countries. The
information, updated to 31 December 2010, comes from the Central Statistical
Office of the
Church.
Mexico has a surface area of 1,958,201 square kilometres and a population
of 108,426,000, of whom 99,635,000 (91.89 percent) are Catholic. There are 93
ecclesiastical circumscriptions, 6,744 parishes and 7,169 pastoral centres of
other kinds.
Currently, there are 163 bishops, 16,234 priests, 30,023 religious, 505
members of secular institutes, 25,846 lay missionaries and 295,462 catechists.
Minor seminarians number 4,524 and major seminarians 6,495.
A total of 1,856,735 students attend 8,991 centres of Catholic education of
all levels and 1,822 special education centres. Other institutions belonging
to the Church or run by priests or religious in Mexico include 257 hospitals,
1,602 clinics, 8
leper colonies, 372 homes for the elderly or disabled, 329 orphanages and
nurseries, 2,134 family counselling centres and other pro-life centres, and
340 institutions of other kinds.
Cuba has a surface area of 110,861 square kilometres and a population of
11,242,000, of whom 6,766,000 (60.19 percent) are Catholic. There are 11
ecclesiastical circumscriptions, 304 parishes and 2,210 pastoral centres of
other kinds. Currently,
there are 17 bishops, 361 priests, 656 religious, 24 members of secular
institutes, 2,122 lay missionaries and 4,133 catechists. Minor seminarians
number 13 and major seminarians 78.
A total of 1,113 students attend 12 centres of Catholic education of all
levels and 10 special education centres. Other institutions belonging to the
Church or run by priests or religious in Cuba include 2 clinics, 1 leper
colony, 8 homes for the
elderly or disabled, 3 orphanages and nurseries, and 3 institutions of other
kinds.
Vatican City, 21 March 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:
- As members of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care: Cardinal
Wilfrid Fox Napier O.F.M., archbishop of Durban, South Africa, and Bishop
Walter Mixa, emeritus of Augsburg, Germany.
- As consultors of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care: Bishop
Joachim Ntahondereye of Muyinga, Burundi; Orochi Samuel Orach, director of the
National Office for Health Pastoral Care in Uganda; Stefano Ojetti, vice
president of the
Italian Association of Catholic Doctors, and Salvatore Pagliuca, vice
president of UNITALSI (Italian National Union for Transport of the Sick to
Lourdes and International Shrines).
- Fr. Jose Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos of the clergy of the diocese of
Garanhuns, Brazil, rector of the interdiocesan seminary of Caruaru, as
auxiliary of the archdiocese of Fortaleza (area 14,813, population 3,622,000,
Catholics 2,562,000, priests
332, permanent deacons 19, religious 1,144), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born
in Garanhuns in 1963 and ordained a priest in 1989. He studied in Rome before
returning to Brazil where he has worked in pastoral care and education.
- Fr. Giovanni Crippa I.M.C., teacher and pastor in the archdiocese of
Feira de Santana, Brazil, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Sao Salvador da
Bahia (area 3,859, population 3,210,878, Catholics 2,284,477, priests 283,
permanent deacons 93,
religious 1,070), Brazil. The bishop-elect was born in Besana Brianzana, Italy
in 1958 and ordained a priest in 1985. He was active in missionary formation
in Turin and Rome before moving to Brazil in 2000 where he has worked as a
pastor and seminary
professor.
- Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino of Floresta, Brazil, as bishop prelate of
Sao Felix (area 150,000, population 162,000, Catholics 139,000, priests 20,
permanent deacons 3, religious 43), Brazil.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
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