Clergy Appointments
Vatican statistics show Church is growing worldwide , especially in Asia , Africa
2 June 11 , 2013 IN our dIocese The Valley Catholic
FUNERAL MASS FOR FATHER MARK CATALANA – The casket of Father Mark Catalana was placed in front of the altar for his funeral Mass which was held May 8 at St . Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church , Los Gatos , his family parish and the church of his youth . He died May 2 ( see May 7 edition of The Valley Catholic ) having served as pastor of St . Thomas of Canterbury Parish for almost three years . San Jose Bishop Patrick J . McGrath ( at altar ) prepares for the Liturgy of the Eucharist .
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Clergy Appointments
Bishop Patrick J . McGrath , has made the following additional appointments , effective July 1 , 2013 .
OFFICE OF PAROCHIAL VICAR Reverend Michael Syjueco Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph , San Jose Reverend Mendie Nguyen Saint Simon Parish Reverend Dat Luong Saint Thomas of Aquinas Parish
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Appointments of Bishop Patrick J . McGrath
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11 Tues-Fri , June 14 , Annual Spring USCCB meeting , San Diego
15 Sat , 5 p . m ., Mass , 40 th Anniversary of Ordination , Saint Francis of Assisi Church , San Jose
16 Sun , 5:30 p . m ., Mass , 25 th Anniversary of the Canonization of the Vietnamese Martyrs , Leavey Center , Santa Clara University
17 Mon-Tues , July 2 , Philippine Islands for the Presbyteral Ordination of Michael Syjueco
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22 Sat , 7:30 p . m ., Saint John ’ s Queen Crowning , Saint John the Baptist , Milpitas
June 26-July 2 , Reception of the Pallium for Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone , Rome
2-5 Annual Bishops ’ Province Retreat , Santa Cruz
Vatican statistics show Church is growing worldwide , especially in Asia , Africa
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY ( CNS ) -- The number of Catholics in the world and the number of bishops , priests , Religious men and seminarians all increased in 2011 , while the number of women in Religious orders continued to decline , according to Vatican statistics .
At the end of 2011 , the worldwide Catholic population reached 1.214 billion , an increase of 18 million or 1.5 percent , slightly outpacing the global population growth rate , which was estimated at 1.23 percent , said a statement published by the Vatican press office .
Catholics as a percentage of the global population remained “ essentially unchanged ” at around 17.5 percent . The statement reported a handful of the statistics contained in the Statistical Yearbook of the Church , which reported worldwide Church figures as of Dec . 31 , 2011 .
Increase in the number of Catholics in Africa ( 4.3 percent ) and Asia ( 2 percent ) greatly outpaced their regions ’ population growth , which was 2.3 percent and 1.2 percent , respectively .
Growth of the Catholic community in Europe and the Americas was even with regional population growth , which was about 0.3 percent for both . At the end of 2011 , most of the world ’ s Catholics ( 48.8 percent ) were living in the Americas , followed by Europe with 23.5 percent , Africa with 16 percent , 10.9 percent in Asia and 0.8 percent in Oceania .
Total number of priests -- diocesan and Religious order -- around the world grew from 412,236 to 413,418 , increasing everywhere except the Americas where numbers stayed mostly the same , and Europe , where the number of priests has gone down more than 9 percent over the past decade .
The number of permanent deacons reported -- about 41,000 -- was an increase of more than 1,400 over the previous year and a 40 percent increase over the past decade . The vast majority -- 97.4 percent -- of the world ’ s permanent deacons live in the Americas or in Europe .
The number of men joining a Religious order showed substantial growth over the past decade in both Asia ( up 44.9 percent since 2001 ) and Africa ( up 18.5 percent since 2001 ); in contrast their numbers fell in Oceania by 21.9 percent over the past 10 years , in Europe by 18 percent and in the Americas by 3.6 percent over the past decade .
The number of women in Religious orders has shown “ a sharp downward trend ” with a 10 percent decrease worldwide since 2001 . The increases in Africa and Asia weren ’ t enough to offset the reductions seen in Europe , the Americas and Oceania . Catholic women ’ s orders went from having a total of more than 792,000 members in 2001 to just over 713,000 women at the end of 2011 .
The number of candidates for priesthood -- both diocesan seminarians and members of Religious orders -- showed continued growth worldwide , rising from 118,990 at the end of 2010 to 120,616 at the end of 2011 .
In the past 10 years , it said , the number of men preparing for the priesthood rose more than 30.9 percent in Africa and 29.4 percent in Asia . Numbers decreased in other regions of the world , particularly Europe , which saw a 21.7 percent drop in priesthood candidates between 2001 and 2011 .
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