Catholic priestly ordinations up 25% this year

595 men are expected to be ordained to the priesthood in the United States in 2015, an increase of 24.7% over last year’s figure of 477, according to data released by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

By way of comparison, in 1965 there were 994 ordinations.


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