Statistics on the 1st January 2017

On the 1st of January, there were 1232 members in the Society of the Missionaries of Africa. Discover where they come from and where they work.

Numbers and locations.

  • On the first of January 2017 :
    There are  +/-215 communities in 42 countries, of which 22 are in Africa.
  • The Missionaries of Africa are 1232 of 36 nationalities.
  • The average age is 68,76.
  • The confreres have various states of religious life : (in red, the statistics of 2016)
  • 11 bishops 11
    1105 priests 1141 having taken their Perpetual Oath.
    92 brothers 94 having taken their Perpetual Oath
    23 clerics 16 having taken their Perpetual Oath
    1 associated member 1
  • Total 1232 members, 31 less than on the 1st January 2016.

Number of M.Afr. by nationalities on the 1st January 2017

The students who have not yet taken their Oath are not accounted for.

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