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Pope Francis will visit Chile and Peru from the 15th till the 22nd January 2018. In Chile, he will visit the capital Santiago, Temuco and Iquique and in Peru he will pass through Lima, Puerto Maldonado and Trujillo. It will be the pope’s sixth trip to Latin America. He has already been to Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Cuba, Mexico and he will visit Colombia in September of this year.
Here are statistics of the Catholic Church in Chile and Peru as of 31st December 2015:
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Table 1 – Population and ecclesiastical structure
Chile Peru Area (km2) 756,626 1,285,216 Population (in thousands) 18,006 31,152 Density (inhabitants/km2) 24 24 Catholics (in thousands) 13,329 27,911 Catholics per 100 inhabitants 74.0 89.6 Ecclesiastical circumscriptions 27 45 Parishes 960 1,645 Other pastoral centres 3,779 6,303 Catholics per pastoral center 2,813 3,512 -
Table 2 – People engaged in activities of the apostolate
Chile Peru Bishops (Situation on 15.12.2017) 50 68 Diocesan priests 1,175 2,088 Religious priests 1,108 1,273 Total priests 2,283 3,361 Permanent deacons 1,138 65 Men religious (other than priests) 546 422 Professed women religious 4,006 5,568 Members of secular Institutes 472 179 Lay missionaries 1,473 11,120 Catechists 43,547 51,367 -
Table 3 – Indicators of pastoral workload
Chile Peru Catholics per priest 5,838 8,304 Catholics per pastoral worker 249 387 Priests per pastoral center 0.48 0.42 Priests per 100 people engaged in activities of the apostolate 4.36 4.75 -
Table 4 – Priestly Vocations
Chile Peru Minor seminarians 39 689 Major seminarians 568 1,539 Major seminarians per 100,000 inhabitants 3.15 4.94 Major seminarians per 100,000 Catholics 4.26 5.51 Major seminarians per 100 priests 24.88 45.79 -
Table 5 – Educational centers owned/managed by ecclesiastics or religious
Chile Peru Schools: Pre-school and primary 957 995 Lower middle and secondary 597 524 Higher and university 27 90 Students in: Pre-school and primary schools 258,366 248,171 Lower middle and secondary schools 392,582 196,165 Higher and university institutes 321,105 68,768 -
Table 6 – Charitable and social centers owned/managed by ecclesiastics or religious
Chile Peru Hospitals 18 38 Clinics 39 323 Leper colonies 1 4 Homes for the elderly and disabled 318 90 Orphanages and nurseries 205 244 Family consultation centers 30 145 Special centers for social education or rehabilitation 43 36 Other institutions 447 581 -
Source: Zenit