Only 29 Catholic priests ordained in Germany in 2024
March 31, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Only 29 new priests were ordained in Germany in 2024: the lowest number ever recorded.
Twenty years ago German dioceses ordained 122 new priests. But the number has steadily declined since that time, reaching a previous low of 22 in 2022. Last year there were 35 new priests ordained.
Among Germany’s 27 Catholic dioceses, 11 had no priests ordained in 2024. The Diocese of Limburg—led by Bishop Georg Bätzing, the president of the country’s episcopal conference—had no priestly ordinations in 2023 or 2024.
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