How many Catholic priests are there in the Philippines?

Answer 1

With 5,037 diocesan and 2, 298 religious, the total number of Catholic priests in the Philippines is 7, 335.

Source: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/sc1.html

Answer 2

More than 80 per cent of the Philippines' estimated 90 million population are Catholic. Most of these would be "true" church-going, die-hard Catholics as one of the largest peaceful gatherings in the world and the largest gathering of youth ever, 5 million people for the 1995 WYD, gathered in Manila.

Answer 3

From the list of living cardinals in Wikipedia, there are three living cardinals in the Philippines. From the official page of bishops in the Philippines, there are also three cardinals in the Philippines.

See link below for their names and ages:

Answer 4

From Wikipedia:

With 75.5 million members in 2011, it is the predominant religion, making the Philippines the country with the third largest number of Catholic citizens in the world after Brazil and Mexico. It is also one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia (the other being East Timor).

Answer 5

The latest figures from the CIA Factbook (2011) report that 81.06 % of the residents of the Philippines report themselves to be Catholics for a total of 74,849,063. How many of those actually attend Mass each week and regular confession is not available.

Answer 6

It is estimated that more than 85 percent of the people are Catholic.

Answer 7

They are about 75,594,148 in the latest statistics.

Answer 8

The latest estimates (2011) have the Catholic population in the Philippines at about 80% or 75.88 million.