[Hermann the Cherusker]

Some other statistics:

1965 Total Seminaries (Diocesean) - 117
1965 Diocesean Seminarians - 17494
1994 Seminaries - 74
1994 Seminarians - 4154

1994 Ratio of Baptisms:First Communion:Confirmation
1,180,707 - 789,538 - 530,924 (half of all Baptized do not grow up Catholic!)

Total Number of Apostates 1965-1992 (Total Catholics-Deaths+Baptism+Converts) - 5,540,618

Oh ... the Church has had ONE area of growth:

1965 American Bishops - 247
1994 American Bishops - 406

[Zviadist]

Well done!

[stuartcr]

The business parallels are interesting; less people to do the actual work, and more managers.