Spain: 1066 clerics are studied in clergy seminars

naszdziennik.pl 2 days ago

The seminary of the clergy in Spain educates 1066 clerics, or 30 more than last year, is based on the estimates of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE).

According to the latest statistic of the Spanish Church authorities in the last year, 201 men joined the seminaries, while 82 left the walls of these universities giving up the priestly way. At the same time, 58 seminarians completed their education in clergy seminars becoming priests. The average age of Spanish seminarians is 27.5 years.

He reported Florentino Pérez, The manager of the Secretariat of the Subcommittee on the Seminary of the Spanish Episcopal, presently the decision to join the seminary, is “an action against the mainstream of culture”. He added that the speech from the university preparing for the priestly state is, in turn, most frequently taken during the first years of study. He made it clear that among the 1066 clerics the listeners of diocesan seminars dominate. There are 854 of them.

APW, KAI

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