[UPDATES:] Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter - FSSP: 230 priests.
Institute of Christ the King - ICRSS: 57 priests.
Institute of the Good Shepherd - IBP: 28 priests.
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With the ordination of 4 new priests this morning at Zaitskofen, Bavaria, the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX / SSPX) has now reached 550 priestly members.
Institute of Christ the King - ICRSS: 57 priests.
Institute of the Good Shepherd - IBP: 28 priests.
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With the ordination of 4 new priests this morning at Zaitskofen, Bavaria, the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX / SSPX) has now reached 550 priestly members.
In comparison with similar worldwide Societies of Apostolic Life with a missionary spirit, and with a much longer history, this means that the FSSPX now has almost a hundred more priests than P.I.M.E., more than double of the priests of the once glorious Society of Foreign Missions of Paris, and almost double the number of priests of the also once glorious and supremely influential Sulpicians - or about two thirds more than the priests of the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, who provide worldwide pastoral care to many faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a little over a quarter of the number of priests of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (original foundation: 1928), or, for a different perspective, about 7% of the decline in the number of priests of the Society of Jesus in the past 40 years...
We ask our readers to please add current numbers of priests of Ecclesia Dei societies and institutes, as well as those of religious societies "friendly" to the FSSPX, to the comments below.
We ask our readers to please add current numbers of priests of Ecclesia Dei societies and institutes, as well as those of religious societies "friendly" to the FSSPX, to the comments below.
(Source: Ennemond - Fecit-Forum)
