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Oct 26, 2023 · There was a drop of 21% in the number of Roman Catholics under the age of 10, despite the population in this cohort only decreasing by 8%. While the total population increased by 1% among 25 to 44 year olds, the number of Roman Catholics in this age group fell by 17%. The number of people with no religion increased across all age cohorts.
May 30, 2023 · There was a fall in the proportion of the population who identified as Roman Catholic from 3,696,644 (79 per cent) in 2016 to 3,515,861 (69 per cent) in 2022. The No Religion category increased ...
1 day ago · At the end of 2022, there were about 407,730 priests in the Catholic Church, which was a net decline of about 142 priests. Globally, this means there is one priest for every 15,682 Catholics.
The percentage of the Irish population that identify as Catholic has fallen from 79% in 2016 to 69% in 2022, while the number of people with no religion increased by over 280,000, to 736,210 ...
Jun 1, 2023 · This means that 14% of Irish residents now tick the “no religion” box on the census form, up from 9.8% in 2011. Some 3,515,861 Irish residents now describe themselves as Catholic, with the ...
May 30, 2023 · Tue May 30 2023 - 13:08. The proportion of the population who reported themselves to be Roman Catholic fell by 4 per cent to 69 per cent between 2016 and last year, according to the latest census ...
Feb 15, 2024 · 69% of resident s in the Republic of Ireland described themselves as Catholics in the 2022 census—down from 79% who did so in 2016, 84% in 2011, and over 90% in the census taken in 2006 ...
