Full Pews and Empty Altars: Demographics of the Priest Shortage in United States Catholic Diocese (Social Demography S.) (Social Demography)

by Richard A. Schoenherr and Lawrence A. Young

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The Roman Catholic Church faces a huge loss of diocesan priests in the United States. Constructing a census-registry of 36,000 priests from 1966 to 1984, and using life-table techniques, the authors foretell a dramatic future loss of priests, while predicting a rise in the churchgoing population.
  • ISBN10 0299136949
  • ISBN13 9780299136949
  • Publish Date 31 August 1993 (first published 15 August 1993)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 22 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 456
  • Language English