Worldwide Statistics on the Diaconate
as of January 1998
AFRICA: 327 deacons in 26
countries
| Algeria -- 1 Angola - 9 Botswana -- 1 Cameroon --20 Egypt -- 4 Equatorial Guinea --1 Eritrea -- 9 Ethiopia -- 1 Gabun -- 1 |
Ghana - 1 Ivory Coast -- 3 Kenya -- 1 Liberia -- 4 Mosembique - 1 Mauretania 1 Nigeria -- 6 Numibia -- 41 |
Reunion -- 6 Seychellles -- 1 So. Africa -- 199 Sudan -- 4 Uganda -- 1 Zaire -- 1 Zambia -- 1 Zimbawe -- 13 |
THE AMERICAS: 16,022 deacons in 35 countries
| Antiqua -- 4 Argentina -- 405 Bahamas -- 9 Barbados -- 1 Belize -- 1 Bolivia -- 49 Brazil -- 850 Chile -- 420 Dom. Rep. -- 178 Equador -- 46 El Salvador -- 3 Fr. Guyana -- 5 |
Grenada -- 3 Guadalupe -- 4 Guatemala -- 3 Haiti -- 3 Honduras -- 4 Jamaica -- 28 Virgin Isl. -- 22 Canada -- 825 Colombia - 153 Cuba -- 37 Martinique -- 1 Mexico -- 357 |
Montserrat -- 1 Nether. Antilles -- 1 Nicaragua -- 45 Panama -- 58 Paraguay --69 Peru -- 70 Puerto Rico -- 388 St. Lucia -- 8 Uruguay -- 63 USA -- 11,837 Venezuela -- 71 |
ASIA: 142 Deacons in 22 countries
| Bangladesh -- 2 East Timor -- 1 Indonesia -- 18 Iran -- 12 Iraq -- 6 Israel -- 2 India -- 22 Hong Kong -- 1 |
Kuwait -- 1 Laos -- 1 Lebanon -- 13 Japan -- 6 Malaysia -- 2 Pakistan -- 1 Philippines -- 16 Quatar - 1 |
Sri Lanka -- 1 Syria -- 4 Vietnam -- 17 Thailand -- 1 Turkey -- 13 United Arabemires - 1 |
AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA: 160 deacons in 13 countries
| Australia -- 46 Caroline & Marshall Isl -- 1 Fr. Polynesia --18 Guam -- 9 |
Marianas -- 3 Micronesia -- 35 Nauru -- 2 New Caledonia -- 1 New Zealand -- 1 |
Papua New Guinea 9 Samoa -- 15 Samoa (USA) --19 Vanuattu -- 1 |
EUROPE: 7,408 deacons in 34 countries
| Albania -- 1 Austria -- 371 Belgium -- 507 Bosnia - Herzogovina --1 Byelorussia -- 1 Czech Rep. -- 136 Denmark --1 Faeroes Island -- 1 Finland -- 2 France -- 1,250 Germany -- 2,100 Great Britain -- 400 |
Greece -- 2 Hungary -- 37 Ireland -- 4 Italy -- 1,900 Latvia -- 1 Lithuania -- 2 Luxemborg -- 4 Monaco -- 1 Netherlands -- 201 Norway -- 3 Poland -- 32 Portugal -- 88 |
Romania -- 2 Russia -- 1 San/Marino -- 1 Slovakia -- 7 Slovenia -- 8 Spain -- 220 Sweden -- 18 Switzerland -- 98 Ukraine -- 6 Yugoslavia -- 1 |
There are approximately 24,063 deacons serving in 129
countries. Among this number are 511 deacons who are members of religious
communities. The diaconate exists in about 1,060 of 2,696 dioceses worldwide.
45 (arch) diocese have more than 100 permanent deacons, totaling about 7,500. A further 25
(arch)diocese have between 80 to 100 deacons, totaling about 2,000. This means about 9,500
deacons serve in "only" 70 (arch)dioceses, with the remaining 12,500 deacons
serving in about 990 dioceses.
In 35 of the 180 dioceses and eparchates of the Eastern Churches, there are about 250
permanent deacons, of which about 180 serve in North America. It should also be noted many
dioceses of the Eastern Churches included subdeacons in their data.
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