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