Vatican City, May 5, 2009 / 08:40 am
Pope Benedict will begin his trip to the Holy Land this Friday. In anticipation of the visit, the Central Statistical Office of the Church has published information detailing the presence and ministry of the Church in the region.
The information on the Church was last updated on December 31, 2007.
Jordan has a population of 5,720,000 of whom 109,000 (1.91 percent) are Catholic. There are three Church provinces (ecclesiastical circumscriptions) and sixty-four parishes. Currently, there are four bishops, 103 priests and 258 religious. Major seminarians number seven.