- As of December 31, 2019, the number of Catholics were 1,344,403,000 people with an overall increase of 15,410,000 people compared to the previous year.
- The mission stations with a resident priest are a total of 3,217 (+301). Those without a resident priest decreased overall by 5,836.
- The total number of Bishops in the world has decreased by 13, reaching 5,364.
- The number of lay missionaries in the world is equal to 410,440, with a global increase of 34,252 units, while the Catechists in the world have decreased overall by 2,590, reaching 3,074,034.
- Major seminarians, diocesan and religious, this year decreased, overall, by 1822, and thus reached the number of 114,058.
- In the field of education and formation, the Church manages 72,667 nursery schools throughout the world attended by 7,532,992 pupils; 98,925 primary schools for 35,188,771 pupils; 49,552 secondary schools for 19,370,763 pupils. It also cares for 2,395,540 high school pupils and 3,833,012 university students.
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