Note:
1. The number of Bishops increased from 4,841 to 5,353 over the period 2005 to 2022.
2. 97.3% of Permanent Deacons are based in either the Americas or Europe.
3. In the 2-year period 2021-2022, the number of seminarians in Europe decreased by 6%.
4. Of the 108,481 seminarians worldwide, in 2022, Africa was the continent that showed the highest number of seminarians, with 34,541 men. It was followed by Asia with 31,767, the Americas with 27,738, Europe with 14,461, and Oceania with 974.