Today vast numbers of people still do not know Jesus Christ. For this reason, the mission "Ad-gentes" continues to be most urgent. All the members of the Church are called to participate in this mission, for the Church is missionary by her very nature: she was born “to go forth".
Pope Francis
Message for World Mission Day 2014
The Spanish missionaries are present in 135 countries on the 5 continents
CONTINENT
2019
PORCENTAJE
AMERICA
5,317
48.8%
EUROPA
4,179
34.4%
AFRICA
874
8%
ASIA
496
4,6%
OCEANIA
27
0.25%
TOTAL
10,939
100.0%
2019
PORCENTAJE
LAY
962
8.8%
BISHOPS
104
1.0%
DIOCESAN PRIESTS
979
9.0%
RELIGIOUS PRIEST
2,671
24.5%
CONSECRATED
6,177
56.7%
TOTAL
10,893
100.0%
Data updated as of 12.31.2019