Statistics of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate – 2023

Introduction: The source for Oblate statistics is the database of members in the General Secretariat at the General House, updated and adjusted with reports which come in from the various Oblate Provinces, Delegations and Missions. The records of first vows, final vows, ordinations, departures and deaths which are received daily in Rome go to make up the annual report.

For various reasons, these records sometimes do not arrive at the Secretariat in a timely fashion. The numbers included in this publication, especially related to scholastics, vows, ordinations and departures, reflect not only the statistics of the year that has just passed, but also of some previous years.

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GENERAL STATISTICS COMPARISON – (January 2022 & January 2023)

JANUARY 2022							JANUARY 2023
Total	Fr	B1	B2	PD	Schol.		Total	Fr	B1	B2	PD	Schol.
38	36	2	0	0	0	General Administration	41	39	2	0	0	0
908	595	44	3	0	266	Africa-Madagascar	919	597	45	6	0	271
412	327	27	1	0	57	Latin America	405	325	25	1	0	54
848	597	24	10	2	215	Asia-Oceania	844	610	24	14	2	194
500	437	59	0	0	4	Canada-USA	475	415	54	0	0	6
787	656	78	5	3	45	Europe	746	632	70	5	4	35
3493	*2648	234	19	5	595	Total	3430	*2618	220	26	6	560

*Of whom 1 is cardinal, 8 are Archbishops, 36 are bishops, 2 are Apostolic Prefects.

In the above table, each Oblate is counted in the Region to which he belongs. For example, the Oblates in Zambia are counted only in Africa-Madagascar, although they are members of the United States Province. The scholastics in Rome are listed in their home Region. “B1.” indicates perpetually professed Brothers, and “B2” the Brothers who are still in first formation. PD refers to an Oblate Brother who is a permanent deacon.

SUMMARY (as of January 2023)

MISSIONARY OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE	January 2023	January 2022
Cardinals	1	1
Archbishops	8	7
Bishops	36	36
Prefect Apostolic	2	2
Priests	2571	2602
Brothers with perpetual vows	220	234
Brothers who are permanent deacons	6	5
Brothers with temporary vows	26	19
Scholastics	560	587
Total number of Oblates	3430	3493

PERSONNEL BY UNIT (As of January 2023)

The next table shows the number of Oblates according to the Unit to which they belong. For example, all the Oblates attached to the Senegal Delegation are listed there, even though they are juridically members of the Mediterranean Province or may be temporarily living elsewhere. Some of the Senegalese scholastics are in Cameroon, others in Congo. etc.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION     

	Fr.	Fr.T	Br.	Br.T	Sc.	P.D	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card.	Tot.
Total	39	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41

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AFRICA – MADAGSCAR

	Fr.	Fr.T.	Br,	Br.T.	Sc.	P.D.	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	Ar.Ep.	Card.	Tot.
Angola	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14
Botswana	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
Cameroon	74	0	11	1	47	0	0	1	0	0	134
Southern Africa	93	0	5	1	20	0	0	4	2	0	125
Congo	99	0	10	1	45	0	0	1	0	0	156
Ghana	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Kenya	12	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	26
Lesotho	74	0	5	0	6	0	0	2	1	0	88
Madagascar	50	0	2	1	39	0	0	0	0	0	92
Namibia	35	0	1	1	11	0	0	2	1	0	51
Nigeria	11	0	0	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	58
Sahara	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Senegal–Guinea Bissau	43	0	3	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	68
Zambia	43	0	2	0	16	0	0	2	0	0	63
Zimbabwe	17	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	23
Total	580	0	45	6	271	0	1	12	4	0	919

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LATIN AMERICA

	Fr.	Fr.T.	Br.	Br.T.	Sc.	P.D.	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card.	Tot.
Baja California	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Bolper	24	0	8	0	7	0	0	2	0	0	41
Brazil	57	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	65
Colombia	12	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15
Cruz del Sur	53	0	3	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	64
Cuba	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Guatemala	11	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	18
French Guyana	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Haiti	98	0	7	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	121
Mexico	38	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	50
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Venezuela	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	12
Total	319	0	25	1	54	0	0	6	0	0	405

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ASIA – OCEANIA

	Fr.	Fr.T.	Br.	Br.T.	Sc.	P.D.	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card.	Tot.
Australia	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	38
Bangladesh	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	31
China	13	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	18
Colombo	99	0	5	1	29	2	0	1	0	0	137
India	114	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	135
Indonesia	30	0	0	7	20	0	0	0	0	0	57
Jaffna	87	0	2	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	111
Japan – Korea	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
Korea	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10
Pakistan	33	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	41
Philippines	78	0	7	0	13	0	0	2	0	1	101
Thailand & Laos	22	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	26
Turkmenistan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Vietnam	37	0	7	5	71	0	0	0	0	0	120
Total	602	0	24	14	194	2	1	5	1	1	844

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CANADA – UNITED STATES

	Fr	Fr.T	Br.	Br.T	Sc.	P.D.	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card.	Tot.
Assumption	51	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	55
Lacombe	98	0	14	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	119
Notre-Dame-du-Cap	75	0	26	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	106
United States	178	0	11	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	195
Total	402	0	54	0	6	0	0	10	3	0	475

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EUROPE

	Fr.	Fr.T.	Br.	Br.T	Sc.	P.D.	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card.	Tot.
Anglo-Irish	59	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	64
Belgium & Netherlands	32	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	40
Byelorussia	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Central European	75	0	14	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	94
France	72	0	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	85
France & Benelux	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
Mediterranean	127	1	5	2	5	1	0	1	0	0	142
Poland	205	0	28	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	252
Romania	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ukraine	26	0	2	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	35
Total	628	1	70	5	35	4	0	3	0	0	746

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	Fr.	Fr.T.	Br.	Br.T	Sc.	P.D.	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card.	Tot.
TOTAL	2570	1	220	26	560	6	2	36	8	1	3430

Legenda:

Fr.=Father; Fr.T.=Father with temp. vows; Br.=Brother; Br.T.=Brother with temp. vows; Sc.=Scholastic; P.D.=Permanent Deacon; Pr.Ap.=Prefect Apostolic; Ep.=Bishop; ArEp.=Archbishop; Card.=Cardinal.

Oblates in First Formation – 2022 (Reported as of January 2023)

Year	Scholastics	Bros. In Temp. vows	First Vows	Perpetual Vows	Ordinations
2022	560	26	77	63	61
2021	587	19	85	81	70
2020	598	24	96	71	55
2019	598	23	103	50	55
2018	601	20	106	69	42

 

Deaths and Departures – 2022

Deaths reported in 2022: 97 (84 Priests, 12 Brothers, Scholastics 1)

2021: 93 2020: 87           2019: 87           2018: 92           2017: 91

Departures reported in 2022: 49 (2 priests, 47 scholastics)

• Expiration of Temporary Vows (44 Scholastics)
• Dispensation from Temporary Vows (3 Scholastics)
• Laicization Completed (1 Priest)
• Secularization (1 Priest)