While much attention is being focused on the news that the Archdiocese of Berlin is undergoing "significant restructuring" (a euphemism for 105 parishes being scheduled for reduction to 30 parishes by 2020), it might be instructive to take a look as well at how Summorum Pontificum is faring in Germany, as well as in Austria and Switzerland. The following statistics of canonically-regular Traditional Latin Masses (i.e. those under diocesan auspices and not including those of the SSPX) are from the website of Pro Missa Tridentina:
-- 53 every Sunday (of which 32 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 27 one to three Sundays per month
-- 72 on weekdays only
Austria - 33 locations with the Traditional Mass:
-- 11 every Sunday (of which 8 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 5 one or two Sundays per month
-- 17 on weekdays only
Switzerland - 39 locations with the Traditional Latin Mass:
-- 22 every Sunday (of which 12 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 4 one or two Sundays per month
-- 13 on weekdays only
AS OF MARCH 24, 2012:
Germany - 148 locations with the Traditional Latin Mass:
-- 53 every Sunday (of which 28 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 26 one to three Sundays per month
-- 69 on weekdays only
Austria - 32 locations with the Traditional Mass:
-- 12 every Sunday (of which 7 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 4 one or two Sundays per month
-- 16 on weekdays only
Switzerland - 41 locations with the Traditional Latin Mass:
-- 23 every Sunday (of which 12 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 4 one or two Sundays per month
-- 14 on weekdays only
Germany - 148 locations with the Traditional Latin Mass:
-- 52 every Sunday (of which 28 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 31 one to three Sundays per month
-- 65 on weekdays only
Austria - 31 locations with the Traditional Mass:
-- 12 every Sunday (of which 7 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 4 one or two Sundays per month
-- 15 on weekdays only
Switzerland - 41 locations with the Traditional Latin Mass:
-- 23 every Sunday (of which 14 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 5 one or two Sundays per month
-- 13 on weekdays only
AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2010:
Germany - 137 locations with the Traditional Latin Mass:
-- 49 every Sunday (of which 23 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 27 one to three Sundays per month
-- 60 on weekdays only
Austria - 27 locations with the Traditional Mass:
-- 11 every Sunday (of which 7 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 3 one or two Sundays per month
-- 13 on weekdays only
Switzerland - 37 locations with the Traditional Latin Mass:
-- 21 every Sunday (of which 12 also have them on Holy Days of obligation)
-- 4 one or two Sundays per month
-- 12 on weekdays only
"On weekdays only" encompasses Mass sites ranging from those with a Traditional Latin Mass one weekday per quarter to those that have it on one or more days in the course of a week.
The statistics for Switzerland include the whole country, and not just the German-speaking areas.
The statistics for Switzerland include the whole country, and not just the German-speaking areas.
According to a press release published by Pro Missa Tridentina in 2008, the situation in Germany before and immediately after Summorum Pontificum was as follows:
February 15, 2008 - 90 locations
End of December 2007 - 78 locations (more than double in less than half a year!)
July 2007 (just before Summorum Pontificum) - 35 locations
1997 - 23 locations with the Traditional Latin Mass (monthly, weekly, weekdays, etc.)
It is evident that between Feb. 2008 and Feb. 2010, the number of Traditional Latin Mass locations increased from 90 to 137 in Germany.
