France: 58 Dioceses Without Ordinations – Old Rite Communities Keep Growing
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58 out of the 96 French dioceses had no ordinations this year.
According to La Croix, 20% of this year's new priests come from communities classed as “traditional” or “classical”. Priests of the Society of St Pius X are not included in these statistics.
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