Priests Shortages
Archdiocese for Military Services, USA
About 47,000 parishes in the world were parishes without a resident priest pastor (in 2017).
Source: https://cara.georgetown.edu/faqs
Priest Shortage: Decline of Priests in USA & Western Europe Projected; "I've Got REALLY Bad News"
Source: "I've Got Some REALLY Bad News" by Breaking in the Habit (19 Jan. 2020) https://youtu.be/GQ8xiFTd6Lg
Priest Shortage: England & Wales
https://youtu.be/qGlW9WuDSjk (11 Dec. 2019)
Dutch cardinal defends plan to end Sunday celebrations without priests (2023)
New 2023 study found 22% drop in US seminarians & 24% drop in US ordinations; "nosedive recently"
New 2023 study found 22% drop in US seminarians & 24% drop in US ordinations "in just a few short years" w "nosedive" in 2014-2021; no 2021 ordinations in 42 US Dioceses; Brownsville Diocese active priest-parishioner ratio: 1 priest per 12,000 parishioners (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUqWoA9sthk)