Evolution of the vocations in the Polish dioceses 2007-2010
A decrease of the number of vocations can be noticed during the recent years, although in some dioceses (Bielsko-żywiecka, Elbląska, Gliwicka, Kielecka, Krakowska, Legnicka, Opolska, Świdnicka) the number of seminarists in the diocesan seminaries increased in 2010 compared to the previous year. In some dioceses (Katowicka, Krakowska, Lubelska, Poznańska i Przemyska) the number of seminarists rises up to over 100 or even 200 (Tarnowska).
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
Dioceses | d. s * | r. s. ** | d. s. | r. s. | d. s. | r. s. | d. s. | r. s. |
białostocka | 84 | - | 67 | - | 60 | - | 54 | - |
bielsko-żywiecka | 80 | - | 74 | - | 78 | - | 85 | - |
bydgoska | 64 | 10 | 51 | 13 | 53 | 11 | 44 | 11 |
częstochowska | 102 | - | 96 | - | 89 | - | 77 | - |
drohiczyńska | 35 | - | 35 | - | 31 | - | 28 | - |
elbląska | 47 | - | 47 | - | 47 | - | 50 | - |
ełcka | 65 | - | 65 | - | 65 | - | 59 | - |
gdańska | 100 | 2 | 90 | 2 | 90 | - | 87 | - |
gliwicka | 90 | - | 69 | - | 60 | - | 63 | - |
gnieźnieńska | 96 | 32 | 95 | 27 | 76 | 25 | 66 | 24 |
kaliska | 107 | - | 93 | - | 93 | - | 87 | - |
katowicka | 175 | 31 | 159 | 35 | 148 | 38 | 148 | 35 |
kielecka | 116 | 1 | 77 | 81 | - | 84 | - | |
koszalińsko-kołobrzeska | 81 | - | 90 | - | 74 | - | 59 | - |
krakowska | 136 | 633 | 139 | 558 | 137 | 530 | 142 | 510 |
legnicka | 78 | - | 76 | - | 72 | - | 74 | - |
lubelska | 136 | 116 | 132 | 90 | 121 | 55 | 113 | 49 |
łódzka | 83 | 83 | 73 | 54 | 74 | 50 | 61 | 47 |
łomżyńska | 102 | - | 98 | - | 92 | - | 87 | - |
łowicka | 45 | - | 33 | - | 33 | - | 29 | - |
opolska | 81 | - | 83 | - | 78 | - | 88 | - |
ordynariat polowy | 8 | - | 5 | - | 7 | - | 1 | - |
pelplińska | 104 | - | 91 | - | 93 | - | 80 | - |
płocka | 77 | - | 73 | - | 78 | - | 70 | - |
poznańska | 131 | 175 | 119 | 151 | 111 | 141 | 111 | 112 |
przemyska | 182 | 4 | 162 | 1 | 130 | 1 | 118 | - |
radomska | 123 | - | 106 | - | 122 | - | 91 | - |
rzeszowska | 107 | - | 101 | - | 102 | - | 92 | - |
sandomierska | 101 | - | 95 | - | 85 | - | 78 | - |
siedlecka | 107 | - | 90 | - | 89 | - | 82 | - |
sosnowiecka | 49 | - | 51 | - | 51 | - | 49 | - |
szczecińsko-kamieńska | 76 | - | 69 | - | 69 | - | 63 | - |
świdnicka | 74 | - | 74 | - | 71 | - | 73 | - |
tarnowska | 225 | 33 | 227 | 42 | 224 | 29 | 204 | 26 |
toruńska | 78 | - | 65 | - | 65 | - | 65 | - |
warmińska | 86 | 48 | 77 | 44 | 78 | 33 | 74 | 26 |
warszawska | 193 | 115 | 185 | 132 | 170 | 104 | 167 | 92 |
warszawsko-praska | 85 | - | 65 | - | 64 | - | 60 | - |
włocławska | 82 | 50 | 88 | 46 | 83 | 30 | 70 | 34 |
wrocławska | 128 | 89 | 114 | 75 | 96 | 78 | 88 | 68 |
zamojsko-lubaczowska | 83 | - | 76 | - | 69 | - | 58 | - |
zielonogórsko-gorzowska | 103 | - | 97 | - | 86 | - | 73 | - |
Total | 4105 | 1422 | 3772 | 1270 | 3595 | 1125 | 3352 | 1034 |
Legend: * diocesan seminarists, ** religious seminarists
Source: Institute of Statistics of Catholic Church SAC (in Polish).
Bishop Marek Solarczyk (Delegate of the Polish episkopate for vocations) stated that the total number of Polish clercs probably amounts to 25% of the total number of clercs in Europe.
Source: Catholic agency of information for Poland (KAI) (in Polish)