There are now just 70 men studying for the priesthood with just 12 in Maynooth. 13 men to be ordained as priests by O’Malley; largest group in nearly 2 decades By Breanne Kovatch Globe Correspondent, May 17, 2019, 2:27 p.m. Email to a Friend From 1980 to 2012, the ratio of Catholics per priest increased globally, with the number of Catholics per priest going from 1,895 to 3,126." Between 1970 and 2017, the number of priests declined from 419,728 to 414, Last year 14 men began as seminarians in Maynooth.

In 2015 the figure was 17, 14 in 2014 and 20 in 2013. The number of actively working priests in Ireland is now believed to be as low as 1,900 as official figures for the past decade slide by a massive 514.. O nly five priests were ordained in dioceses in Ireland last year.. Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin presided over the ordination to the priesthood of Seamus McEntee, a 48-year-old former car salesman from Rathcoole, Co Dublin. In 1984 there were 171 ordinations in Ireland compared to the much more recent figure of only 22 in 2006. Eight men have begun this propaedeutic year in locations around Ireland and abroad. Denver, Colo., May 12, 2019 / 04:00 am MT ().-This year, 481 men in the United States will kneel in cathedral churches and be ordained as Catholic priests for Jesus Christ. THERE is a serious shortage of new priests across the country, with just 26 ordained over the last four years. In 2014, 49,153 parishes in the world had no resident priest pastor. The number of diocesan priests in Ireland dropped from 3,203 in 2002 to 2,800 in 2012, a fall of 403 in the decade.

Catholic Church in Ireland hits historic low of men becoming priests Ireland's national ... year ahead of officially starting seminary formation in 2019. In Mayo’s Killala diocese, there are currently only 7 priests under the age of 55 for 22 parishes. Photograph: David Sleator In the years since World War II there has been a substantial reduction in the number of priests per capita in the Catholic Church, a phenomenon considered by many to constitute a "shortage" in the number of priests.