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What is the percentage of Clergy to Laity in the Catholic Church?
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As of the 2005 Statistical Yearbook of the Church:
There were about 1,115,000,000 Catholics worldwide.
Of those there were:
- 4841 bishops (including pope, cardinals, et al)
- 406,411 priests (diocesan and religious)
- 33,391 deacons (permanent)
...making a total of 444,643 clergy.
That means 1 cleric for every 2507 Catholics, or 0.04%.
But there are also
- 815,237 Religious brothers and sisters
- 2,974,743 Catechists and lay ecclesial ministers
If you add these, to get the full number of ministers to members, the ratio is 1 minister for every 263 Catholics, or 0.4%.
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