Catholics

About 12,000,000

Churches and chapels　　　　　　　　　

6000

Dioceses with a clerical administrator

116

Diocese without a clerical administrator　

22

Bishops in the open church 　　　　　　

67

Bishops in the underground church　　　　　　

44

Elderly priests in the open church

170

Younger priests in the open church

1700

Elderly priests in the underground church

100

Younger priests in the underground church

1000

National seminary　　　　　　　　　　　

1

Regional seminaries　　　　　　　　

5

Provincial seminaries　　　　　

5

Diocesan seminaries 　　　　　　　

10

Underground seminaries 　　　　　　

About 10

Major seminarians in the open church　　　

650

Minor seminarians in the underground church　

530

Underground seminarians

More than 350

Sisters in the open church　　　

3430

Sisters in the underground church　　　

1220

Sisters in formation in the open church　　

320

Sisters in formation in the underground church

230

Novitiates for Sisters in the open church

40

Novitiates for Sisters in the underground church

12