Catholicism Today Vol. 2 : A Global Portrait of a World Church

by Froehle, Bryan T.

• ISBN13: 9781570753756
• ISBN10: 157075375X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

Global Catholicism offers the reader reliable data, insights, and stories into the changing world of Catholicism today. Data is provided from benchmark dates building on a framework of comparative statistics over time and by region.

Author Biography

Bryan T. Froehle, Ph.D. is executive director of CARA (Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate), Washington, DC Mary L. Gautier, Ph.D. is senior research associate at CARA

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	xi
Foreword	xv
TRENDS
Catholic Population Worldwide	1	(12)
World Population Growth	1	(3)
Catholic Population Growth	4	(3)
Current Catholic Population Dynamics	7	(2)
A Composite Global Portrait	9	(4)
Catholic Institutions	13	(14)
Catholic Institutional Structures	13	(8)
Institutional Distribution and Growth	21	(1)
Contrasting Relative ``Installed Capacity''	22	(2)
Composite Regional Portraits	24	(3)
Church Personnel	27	(18)
New Patterns	27	(2)
Bishops	29	(2)
Growth and Distribution of Priests Worldwide	31	(4)
Seminarians and Priestly Ordinations	35	(3)
Permanent Deacons	38	(3)
Men Religious	41	(1)
Women Religious	42	(1)
A Composite Global Portrait	43	(2)
REGIONS
Africa	45	(22)
Overview	45	(1)
Population	46	(1)
Institutions	47	(2)
Personnel	49	(1)
Regions of Africa	50	(2)
North Africa	52	(1)
West Africa	53	(3)
Central Africa	56	(2)
Southern Africa	58	(2)
The Indian Ocean	60	(1)
East Africa	61	(6)
America	67	(18)
Overview	67	(4)
Population	71	(1)
Institutions	72	(1)
Personnel	73	(1)
Regions	74	(1)
North America	75	(3)
Caribbean	78	(2)
Mesoamerica	80	(1)
South America	81	(4)
Asia	85	(16)
Overview	85	(1)
Population	86	(1)
Institutions	87	(1)
Personnel	88	(1)
Regions	89	(1)
Western Asia	90	(3)
South Asia	93	(1)
Southeast Asia	94	(2)
Northeast Asia	96	(5)
Europe	101	(14)
Overview	101	(1)
Population	102	(1)
Institutions	103	(1)
Personnel	104	(1)
Regions	105	(2)
Northwestern Europe	107	(2)
Southwestern Europe	109	(2)
Eastern Europe	111	(4)
Oceania	115	(12)
Overview	115	(1)
Population	116	(1)
Institutions	117	(1)
Personnel	118	(2)
A Diverse Region	120	(7)
Looking to the Future	127	(146)
Contrasts by Continent	127	(2)
The Church and the World Economic Divide	129	(2)
From Christendom to Pluralism	131	(2)
A Look Back to Look Forward	133	(4)
APPENDICES
I: Statistical Sources and Chapter Notes	137	(8)
II: Definitions of Selected Terms	145	(6)
III: Country and Territory Listings	151	(6)
IV: Country and Territory Profiles	157	(116)
Bibliography	273	(8)
Index	281