Statistics of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate – 2022

GENERAL SECRETARIAT

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 – January 2022

                        JANUARY 2022                                                               JANUARY 2021

Fr	B1	B2	PD	Schol.	Total		Fr	B1	B2	PD	Schol.	Total
36	2	0	0	0	38	General Administration	37	1	0	0	0	38
595	44	3	0	266	908	Africa-Madagascar	581	50	3	0	271	905
327	27	1	0	57	412	Latin America	322	27	2	0	60	411
597	24	10	2	215	848	Asia-Oceania	592	24	10	2	214	842
437	59	0	0	4	500	Canada-USA	457	66	2	1	5	531
656	78	5	3	45	787	Europe	674	81	6	3	46	810
*2648	234	19	5	595	*3493	Total	2744	262	23	7	595	3537

            *Of whom 1 is cardinal, 7 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 2022)

MISSIONARY OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE	January 2022	January 2021
Cardinals	1	2
Archbishops	7	7
Bishops	36	36
Prefect Apostolic	2	1
Priests	2602	2617
Brothers with perpetual vows	234	249
Brothers who are permanent deacons	5	6
Brothers with temporary vows	19	23
Scholastics	587	596
Total number of Oblates	3493	3537

PERSONNEL BY UNIT (As of January 2022)

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	36	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38

AFRICA – MADAGSCAR

	Fr.	Fr.T	Br.	Br.T	Sc.	P. D	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card	Tot.
Angola	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14
Botswana	9	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
Cameroon	69	0	10	1	50	0	0	1	0	0	131
Southern Africa	95	0	5	0	23	0	0	3	2	0	128
Congo	99	0	10	0	40	0	0	1	0	0	150
Ghana	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Kenya	12	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	25
Lesotho	75	0	6	0	9	0	0	2	1	0	93
Madagascar	51	0	2	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	95
Namibia	37	0	1	1	8	0	0	2	1	0	50
Nigeria	11	0	0	0	54	0	0	0	0	0	65
Western Sahara	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Senegal	46	0	3	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	60
Zambia	45	0	2	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	59
Zimbabwe	14	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	21
Total	579	0	44	3	266	0	1	11	4	0	908

LATIN AMERICA

	Fr.	Fr.T	Br.	Br.T	Sc.	P. D	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card	Tot.
Baja California	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Bolivia	10	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17
Brazil	54	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	63
Colombia	13	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16
Cruz del Sur	56	0	4	1	7	0	0	2	0	0	70
Cuba	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Guatemala	13	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	20
French Guyana	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
Haiti	95	0	8	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	120
Mexico	36	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	51
Peru	12	0	2	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	21
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	321	0	27	1	57	0	0	6	0	0	412

ASIA – OCEANIA

	Fr.	Fr.T	Br.	Br.T	Sc.	P. D	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card	Tot.
Australia	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	37
Bangladesh	29	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	35
China	13	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	18
Colombo	107	0	5	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	144
India	101	0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	126
Indonesia	32	0	0	7	19	0	0	0	0	0	58
Jaffna	88	0	2	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	115
Japan – Korea	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Korea	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	11
Pakistan	33	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	42
Philippines	78	0	9	0	15	0	0	2	0	1	103
Thailand	19	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	26
Turkmenistan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Vietnam	30	0	7	2	75	0	0	0	0	0	114
Total	589	0	24	10	215	2	1	6	0	1	848

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	109	0	16	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	132
Notre-Dame-du-Cap	84	0	26	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	114
United States	180	0	14	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	199
Total	424	0	59	0	4	0	0	10	3	0	500

EUROPE

	Fr.	Fr.T	Br.	Br.T	Sc.	P. D	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card.	Tot.
Anglo-Irish	60	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64
Belgium & Netherlands	36	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	46
Byelorussia	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Central European	72	0	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	93
France	76	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	88
France & Benelux	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27
Mediterranean	137	1	8	1	10	1	0	1	0	0	159
Poland	209	0	28	2	25	0	0	0	0	0	264
Romania	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ukraine	29	0	3	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	38
Total	652	1	78	5	45	3	0	3	0	0	787

	Fr.	Fr.T	Br.	Br.T	Sc.	P. D	Pr.Ap.	Ep.	ArEp.	Card.	Tot.
TOTAL	2601	1	234	19	587	5	2	36	7	1	3493

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

Oblates in First Formation – 2021 (Reported as of January 2022)

Year	Scholastics	Bros. In Temp. vows	First Vows	Perpetual Vows	Ordinations
2020	587	19	85	81	70
2019	598	23	103	50	55
2018	601	20	106	69	42
2017	562	14	94	60	46
2016	540	11	90	46	65
2015	570	12	107	49	50

Deaths and Departures – 2021

Deaths reported in 2021: 93 (2 Bishops, 74 Priests, 1 Perm. Deacons, 16 Brothers)

2020: 87           2019: 87           2018: 92           2017: 91           2016: 96           2015: 94

Departures reported in 2021: 50 (15 priests, 33 scholastics, 2 Brothers)

• Expiration of Temporary Vows (30 Scholastics)
• Dispensation from Perpetual Vows (3 Scholastics)
• Dispensation from Perpetual Vows (2 Brothers)
• Dismissal from the Congregation (5 Priests)
• Secularization (2 Priests)