Church in Spain has fewer than 1,000 diocesan seminarians for first time in 21 years

Already in the 2016-2017 academic year, the number of aspirants to the priesthood fell for the first time below 1,300, and in the 2018-2019 academic year there were only 1,203. The bishops’ subcommittee for seminaries said that the drop in the number of 54 seminarians compared with the 2021-2022 academic year “is explained, among other […]

Church in Spain has fewer than 1,000 diocesan seminarians for first time in 21 years