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Worldwide Distribution of U.S. Catholic Missioners

2004 back to 1960
The survey sent in 2005 broke down the parts of the world in different format. To view this distribution in the 2006 Handbook click here.

YEAR	Africa	Asia	Eurasia	Oceania	Europe	North Am.	Caribbean	Latin Am.	Middle East	TOTAL
04-05				1
02-03	693	740	13	160	180	3122	348	1241	39	6536
00-01	704	734	14	175	167	2682	342	1247	35	6108
	Africa	Near East	Far East	Oceania	Europe	North Am.	Caribbean	Central Am.	South Am.
1960	781	111	1959	986	203	337	991	433	981	6782
1962	901	75	2110	992	93	224	967	537	1274	7146
1964	1025	122	2332	846	69	220	1056	660	1796	8126
1966	1184	142	2453	953	38	211	1079	857	2386	9303
1968	1157	128	2470	1027	33	251	1198	936	2455	9655
1970	1141	39	2137	900	38	233	1067	738	2080	8373
1972	1107	59	1955	826	39	234	819	728	1889	7656
1973	1229	54	1962	811	40	253	796	763	1783	7691
1974	1121	60	1845	883	43	241	757	752	1716	7418
1975	1065	71	1814	808	37	252	698	734	1669	7148
1976	1042	68	1757	795	34	313	671	712	1618	7010
1977	1003	62	1659	784	34	296	629	702	1591	6760
1978	966	57	1601	769	34	339	593	705	1537	6601
1979	923	65	1562	743	37	332	562	686	1545	6455
1980	909	65	1576	711	35	294	548	699	1556	6393
1981	946	70	1529	696	36	315	511	686	1535	6324
1982	956	62	1501	673	32	319	522	669	1511	6245
1983	990	68	1468	640	34	346	517	650	1533	6246
1984	967	84	1420	644	29	329	513	650	1498	6134
1985	986	78	1366	650	31	312	500	692	1441	6056
1986	944	73	1356	631	28	306	495	743	1461	6037
1987	971	76	1335	635	27	283	499	762	1485	6073
1988	984	72	1332	584	27	289	466	818	1491	6063
1989	968	65	1299	595	28	267	472	832	1475	6001
1990	945	64	1253	560	--	264	449	796	1413	5744
1991	933	65	1198	546	--	265	453	785	1350	5595
1992	949	59	1163	512	--	105	431	810	1286	5467
1994	-- Survey results inconclusive for exact distribution by area --									4875
1996	799	965		213	172	82¹	360	1573		4164
98-99	714	909		202	158	2109²	368	1423		5883

¹ Alaska and Hawaii are no longer considered to be international mission areas in North America.
² The number refers to missioners / volunteers in cross-cultural mission within U.S. borders.

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